G K Vasan Re-Launch Tamil Maanila Congress Friday Nov 28,2014

 

Re-launching the Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) here on Friday Nov 28,2014, former Union Minister G.K. Vasan declared that his party would do away with the “seeking-appointment-with-the high-command” syndrome to discuss vital Tamil Nadu issues even as it shouldered the responsibility of securing a new life for the 7.5 crore Tamils in the State.

“Tomorrow belongs to us. The Tiruchi meeting will be a turning point in Tamil Nadu politics,” he asserted. He decided to stick to the party’s name given by his late father, G.K. Moopanar, when the TMC as a regional variant of the Congress was launched in 1996.

 

Among the objectives of the party is creation of a liquor-free society, upholding the rights of Tamil Nadu in inter-State water disputes and fighting for justice to Tamil Nadu fishermen and Sri Lankan Tamils.

“The TMC is a regional party with a national outlook. You can proudly declare that you are the real Congressmen in Tamil Nadu,” he said at a rally on the Ponmalai Railway Ground,Tiruchi