Min assures security to ex-IAS officer
Trichy:
Mineral resources minister
S Regupathy
on Sunday said the govt will provide full security to the former IAS officer who investigated the
granite scam
."The govt will not allow anyone to intimidate the former IAS officer. It will always protect those who come forward to speak the truth," he told reporters in Pudukottai. He was responding to a question about former IAS officer
U Sagayam
citing security concerns to attend a hearing in the granite scam case, and a special court asking him to attend via video conference.Responding to a question about his new portfolio as mineral resources minister, Regupathy said a meeting was held on Saturday with all stakeholders.
"Recently, the land fee for mining minerals was increased on orders from the Union govt and the court. This is the reason for the rise in prices of construction materials.
While the prices of m-sand and b-sand had already gone up, they have now been reduced. The govt will further reduce prices of construction materials wherever feasible," he said. The minister dismissed as baseless theories of anti-incumbency against the govt, and asserted that DMK would return to power next year."Part 2 of the Dravidian model of governance will begin with the 2026 regime. In the 2021 elections, some claimed that the stage was not set for M K Stalin. But he proved them wrong and created his own stage," he said.
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