Privilege issue raised against TMC MLA

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI, APRIL 28. The State Labour Minister, Mr. Rahman Khan, today raised in the Assembly an ``issue of privilege and contempt of House'' against the TMC MLA, Dr. Chellakumar, for ``deliberately misleading the House'' over the findings of an audit report on the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board (TNSCB).

The Deputy Speaker, Mr.Paruthi Ilamvazhuthi, who was in the Chair, said the Speaker's decision on the admissibility of the privilege issue against Dr. Chellakumar would be informed to the House later.

Dr. Chellakumar, while speaking on the debate on the demands for grants for Housing and Urban Development, cited the 1998-1999 audit report on TNSCB to point out to an instance of 'single tender system' having been followed for entrusting certain works.

After the Housing Minister, Mr. K. Pitchandi, had finished his reply to the debate, the TNSCB Chairperson and Dairy Minister, Mr.K.Sundaram rose to point out that though it was a 1998-99 year audit report, its finding pertained to works tendered during 1994-1995 under the AIADMK regime.

Reading out from the audit report, Mr.Sundaram said it was clearly mentioned in it that the last day for receiving tenders for the works under question was February 16, 1995, when the AIADMK had been in power. Dr. Chellakumar, by not mentioning this fact had given the wrong impression that the works pertained to decisions of the present regime. Thereupon, Mr.Rahman Khan raised the privilege issue against the TMC MLA.

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