Paramakudi firing: Govt cannot act unilaterally,says Jaya

Tamil Nadu CM said inquiry commission has been formed and govt is waiting for recommendations.

Hitting back at the Opposition in connection with the Paramakudi firing,Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said on Tuesday that the government can not act unilaterally when it had announced a judicial probe.

CPI(M),however,demanded action against police officials in connection with the Paramakudi firing on Sunday,which left seven persons dead. It also announced staging a state-wide protest on September 17.

Speaking in the Assembly,where the Left parties and Puthiya Tamizhagam staged a walkout following Speaker D Jayakumar’s refusal to raise the issue,the chief minister said she had initially ordered for a DRO probe but later conceded to judicial probe at the insistence of a section of the Opposition.

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While the government had announced forming an inquiry commission under a retired high court judge,it had to wait for its recommendations.

How can we act unilaterally. We have to wait for the recommendations of the commission and if it recommends action against anybody,the government will act, she said.

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