Kanimozhi SAYS that the briefing and discussion on the hearing should have been done by the senior counsel at least a day before
A day after the NGT granted conditional access to Vedanta to Sterlite Copper plant at Thoothukudi, DMK's Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi on Friday hit out at the E Palaniswami government for the present development. She alleged senior counsel CS Vaidhyanathan, representing the government, who should have prepared adequately to defend the closure order was busy justifying the denial of burial space for her late father and party chief M Karunanidhi at Marina.
In a series of tweets, she wrote, "Vedanta approached the NGT against this order and senior counsel CS Vaidhyanathan represented TN govt. Counsel for TN govt should have prepared adequately to defend the TN govt order of closure. But, the briefing & discussion on yesterday's hearing was done only at 10 am yesterday." The hearing started at 10.30 am on Thursday.
After 13 people were killed in protest against Sterlite plant on May 22, Tamil Nadu government ordered its permanent closure.
Kanimozhi said that the briefing and discussion on the hearing should have been done by the senior counsel at least a day before. "But, CS.Vaidhyanathan was busy justifying the denial of space to our leader Kalaignar at Marina in Madras HC" on Wednesday, she noted.
In another tweet, she wrote that Palaniswami government "is taking TN to its lowest point in governance".
On Thursday, NGT allowed limited access to the Sterlite Copper to carry on administrative functions but restricting from operating or carrying out maintenance work. It ordered the TN pollution control board to analyse baseline pollution data for SIPCOT industrial area and submit a report to NGT within ten days.
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