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AIADMK MLAs to give one-month salary to JK flood relief fund

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Press Trust of India Puducherry
The opposition AIADMK Legislators today decided to contribute their one month's salaries to the Jammu and Kashmir Flood Relief Fund.

Deputy Legislature party leader A Anbalagan, who announced the members' resolve during Zero Hour, said the floods which had claimed several lives and caused extensive devastation in Jammu and Kashmir was heart-rending.

"On humanitarian grounds, we intend to contribute our one- month's salaries to the fund as the stranded people there should be taken care of," he said and requested Chief Minister N Rangasamy to announce the government's contribution to the fund.

Rangasamy welcomed the members' suggestion.

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First Published: Sep 12 2014 | 3:05 PM IST

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