30 Oct 2010 03:46:46 AM IST
THOOTHUKUDI:: “Fishermen would boycott political parties in Tamil Nadu that remained silent on the anti-fishermen draft CRZ notification 2010,” warned M Pushparayan, convenor of Coastal People’s Federation in Thoothukudi on Friday.
Speaking to Express on the sidelines of a massive fishermen’s demonstration, Pushparayan charged that even though 45 days have passed since the draft of the draft CRZ notification 2010 was released, political parties which knocked the doors of every fisherman, were unmindful of the fishermen’s feelings. “We are deeply pained at the silence of political parties and we will convey our strong condemnation to the parties through this demonstration,” he said.
Pushparayan alleged that political parties were adopting ‘double standards’ as they lacked the courage to give any opinion on the draft CRZ notification 2010 . “Parties just get votes from fishermen and remained silent when the rights of fishermen were suppressed through such Acts,” he told Express, adding, “fishermen will boycott such parties in the 2011 elections.”
He charged that the Act aimed at wiping out traditional fishing and termed it as ‘draconian’ since it incorporated all provisions of earlier Acts such as Marine Fisheries Bill-2009 and CMZ Act 2008, which were also rejected by the fishing community. Earlier, a demonstration was held before the Thoothukudi old corporation building, demanding repeal of the Act.
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