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Won't accept BJP chief's word on tungsten mining until union govt says so
The New Indian Express Coimbatore
|January 13, 2025
MEMBERS of the Tungsten Suranga Thitta Ethirppu Makkal Kootamaippu said they refuse to believe state BJP president K Annamalai's statement that the union government will not carry out the tungsten mining project in Melur taluk of Madurai district, and instead, urged Annamalai to get the union government to officially declare that the project has been dropped.
In a press release issued on Sunday, the group stated that Annamalai, on Friday, assured that the union government would not proceed with the tungsten mining project and asked them to call off the protest. While the members said they welcomed the BJP leader's remarks, they said the statement must be made by Union Minister of Mines G Kishan Reddy and must subsequently be announced through a gazette.
This story is from the January 13, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Coimbatore.
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