HN_ANI2_MADURAI_BJP_STATE_PRESIDENT_ANNAMALAI_MEET_THE_VILLAGERS_19-02-05

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00:00Central post office requesting the central government, the complete cancellation of the

00:18tungsten block that was awarded in the recent auction, Nayakarpatti, Vellalapatti, Aritapatti

00:24tungsten block. And we all know, the state government has written a letter in the month

00:31of February 2024, wherein the state government had never objected to this block being auctioned

00:38by the central government. So accordingly, the central government has called for a tender

00:44and in November, an enterprise has won the tender. Post that, the villagers have opposed

00:51any form of mining happening over this block. The total block is 4,979 acre, where the biodiversity

00:59hotspot is close to 477 acre. So based on the villagers' protest and objection, the

01:06Bharatiya Janata Party, the leaders, we met Kishan Reddy garu, who is our mining minister

01:11in Delhi, on 12th December. Based on our letter, immediately the minister has put everything

01:18on hold. He has requested the Tamil Nadu government not to issue a letter of intent

01:23and also the mining lease for the said area. Now today we have come and we have promised

01:29the people that when Kishan Reddy garu, the mining minister, is coming to Tamil Nadu right

01:34after Pongal, and the Honourable Minister would make an announcement that paying to

01:40villagers' heed, in fact, is the state government which has misguided through its letter and

01:45where they have never objected to it, which is the single cause of confusion on the whole

01:48thing. And Honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji has always stood with farmers. Recently

01:53you must have seen the hydrocarbon project, methane hydrocarbon project, getting cancelled

01:58across seven, eight districts after people have expressed their apprehension. Now even

02:02this issue, the minister will clarify, will say that we are not going ahead with the tender,

02:08which the minister has clarified. Now he will say that we are not going ahead with this

02:11tender and this tender will stand cancelled. The Honourable Minister will explain. And

02:16now whatever the little confusion our elders are having in this area, even that will get

02:22cleared right after Pongal. That is why we came here, met the villagers, met the elders.

02:27We have told how the process happened, how the whole auction process happened and the

02:33solution for it.

02:34Q. Hindi language is not a national language, just like Amritsar language?

02:39A. Correct, it is not a national language, which Annamalai is also telling you. Not only

02:43my dear friend Ashwin has to say that, not only anybody has to say that, it is not a

02:47national language. It was a link language, it is a language of convenience and nowhere

02:52I am saying, nowhere anybody is saying Hindi is a national language, which Ashwinji is

02:56correct and he happens to be a good friend also. Nothing wrong in what he said.

03:02Q. Hindi language is not a national language, just like Amritsar language?

03:08A. Correct, it is not a national language, just like Amritsar language.