Many AIADMK ministers will end up in jail: Stalin

Many AIADMK ministers will end up in jail: Stalin

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Trichy/Ariyalur:16.02.2021 

The AIADMK was misleading people by its poll promises made during 2011 and 2016 assembly elections, said DMK leader M K Stalin in Pudukottai district on Monday. Stalin also alleged that chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami was committing irregularities in floating tenders for big projects. He was addressing the party’s ‘Ungal Ooril Stalin’ campaign at Thirumayam in Pudukottai and Kollapuram near Ariyalur. He said the 10-year rule of the AIADMK had pushed back the state by 50 years and the DMK would reverse it and set the state on a growth trajectory, if elected to power.

Recalling the AIADMK’s election manifesto for the 2011 assembly polls, he said it made a series of promises to farmers, from starting a second green revolution, increasing farmers’ income by twoto-three-fold, free agriculture equipment, minimum support price for crops such as sugarcane and setting up drip irrigation free of cost. But the promises were not fulfilled, he said. Similarly, its promises in 2016, such as supply of free cell phones to ration card holders, waiver of education loans, free Wi-Fi at public places, Amma bank cards and one litreof milk at ₹25were notimplemented.

Stalin said the first six years of the AIADMK rule in the state went in handling the disproportionate assets case against former chief minister J Jayalalithaa. Then, the incumbent chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami spent the next four years trying to retain his post. “They have no time to think about people but claim that Tamil Nadu is progressing. The progress is only for the state ministers who indulge in corruption,” he said. Many of the ruling party ministers would be put behind bars on corruption charges if the DMK was voted to power, he said. Claiming that health minister C Vijaya Baskar hid the data of Covid-19 infected people and deaths in the state, Stalin accused him of mismanaging the fight against the pandemic by not taking early steps to contain the spread of the virus, leading to many deaths. At the campaign for the four assembly segments in Ariyalur and Perambalur districts at Kollapuram, he alleged that the chief minister was floating tenders in a hurry for projects that would take three to four years to finish.

DMK’s scams still not forgotten: OPS

Chennai:

Hours after DMK chief MK Stalin announced on Sunday that the party's second list of charges against the ruling AIADMK was ready, AIADMK coordinator O Panneerselvam said evil forces cannot prevent the sprouting of two leaves again. In a series of tweets on Sunday night, Panneerselvam said, “Never forget that the people of Tamil Nadu joined hands with us to remove the stained DMK government and pack you (Stalin) home. People are aware that corruption and the DMK are no different.” OPS alleged that the DMK was the only party in the political history of India that was dissolved for corruption, and the party was known for several scams, including 2G scam, Veernam scam and a pesticide scam, bringing shame to the country and Tamil Nadu. The AIADMK coordinator said that Stalin was daydreaming that people have forgotten about the DMK’s scams. TNN