Leaders of DMK, allies condemn “high-handed” approach of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
The Hindu
Protest against Finance Minister's treatment of GST criticism, condemning her actions as insulting and humiliating to entrepreneurs.
A protest carried out on Monday evening by the DMK and allies at Tatbad in the city against the handling of criticism against GST by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman witnessed speakers condemning her “high-handed” approach of “insulting” entrepreneurs.
The rebuke meted out to the proprietor of the Annapoorna chain of restaurants D. Srinivasan by the Finance Minister by “forcing him to apologise” for having raised queries about GST was tantamount to “humiliating the entire business community”, DMK Urban District Secretary N. Karthick and other speakers of the party including Coimbatore MP Ganapathy Rajkumar, pointed out.
The protestors were also addressed by other Congress urban district unit President K. Karupusamy, Secretary of All India Congress Committee Mayura Jayakumar, and leaders of MDMK Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam, CPI, CPI (M) and other allies. They admonished the Centre for attempting to arm-twist the State Government.
Officials at the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison have now uncovered that inmates have been using internet dongles to evade the Tower - Harmonic Call Blocking System (T-HCBS) inside the prison. There are many dark areas and shadow areas inside the prison that are not covered by the three HCBS towers installed within the prison premises. Inmates have been using internet dongles in these blackspots to make calls over WhatsApp and other platforms that provide internet call facilities, a senior prison official told The Hindu.