‘Kudankulam protest mother of all protests’

By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Jan 14 : Anti-nuclear power activists draw a parallel between the staying the implementation of three farm laws and setting up of a committee by the Supreme Court to negotiate with the protesting farmers and with the decisions taken by the government during their protest against the nuclear power plant at Kudankulam.
For three years (2011-2014) the People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) protested peacefully at Idinthakarai village in Tirunelveli district against the building of a nuclear power plant at nearby Kudankulam.
“The central government had then set up a committee under the Chairmanship of A.E. Muthunayagam, a space scientist. In the case of farmer’s protest, instead of the central government, the Supreme Court has set up a committee,” S.P. Udayakumar, Coordinator, PMANE, told IANS.
The Muthunayagam committee was set up to allay the fears of protesters against the nuclear power project.
He also said the Tamil Nadu government too set up a committee after it had ordered a stoppage of construction activities at the plant site.
Udayakumar said, the members of the committee appointed by the apex court to deliberate on the three farm laws had already expressed their support for the legislation.