CPI Tamil Nadu unit Secretary D Pandian today slammed Chief Minister M Karunanidhi for raising the caste angle while trying to "shield" former union telecom minister A Raja in the spectrum scam,saying he had "humiliated" and "insulted" Dalits. "The question of caste does not come in the mega scandal of Rs 1.76 lakh crore. Not even a single paise from the scandal benefitted Dalits," he told reporters here. Briefing on the two-day state executive meeting of the party that concluded today,Pandian charged Karunanidhi with humiliating and insulting the Dalits of the state by trying to shield Raja. Karunanidhi had recently said Raja was being targeted only because he was a Dalit. On alliance for assembly elections due early next year,Pandian said it would be decided before the polls. However,CPI would not have any truck with DMK and Congress,he said. He said the meeting resolved to launch an anti-corruption campaign throughout the state from December 6. He alleged that the law and order situation in the state was bad. "Police are not impartial and are dancing to the tunes of the ruling party,and that is the main reason for all the ills (on law and order front)." The meeting urged the government to immediately assess the flood damage and pay relief of Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000 for crop loss. The government should also take steps to drain flood waters from the farm fields in Tiruvarur,Nagapattinam and other districts on a war footing and save the crops. The UPA Government was "ridiculing" democracy by not conceding the opposition demand for a JPC probe into the Spectrum scam,he alleged.
