AIADMK vs DMK on poll promises
TIMES NEWS NETWORK 10.01.2025
Chennai : There was a heated exchange of words in the state assembly on Thursday after AIADMK members alleged that DMK-led govt failed to fulfil poll promises, including NEET exemption, tablet computers for students, and the old contributory pension scheme for govt staff.
When former AIADMK minister R Kamaraj asked about the promise of creating 10 lakh jobs per year, labour welfare minister C V Ganesan and industries minister T R B Rajaa cited data. Rajaa said Union govt data showed 10 lakh jobs were created annually in the state and ₹10 lakh crore investments attracted during the DMK’s tenure. The chief minister scripted history by generating 31 lakh jobs and directed that 50 lakh jobs be generated in five years, he said. The minister pointed to the latest RBI report saying TN generated most employment in the country, with 8.42 lakh man-days of employment in 2023-24.
When Kamaraj countered that the data was only from a book and not physical progress, Rajaa said the information came from the “Union govt that’s closer to the AIADMK”. Later, AIADMK’s A Govindasamy said claims made in the governor’s address were AIADMK’s initiatives. When Govindasamy accused the govt of stalling his party-led govt’s marriage assistance scheme of ₹50,000 to graduates and ₹25,000 to girls completing Class X, besides a sovereign of gold, to launch Pudumai Penn scheme, transport minister S S Sivasankar said the AIADMK changed the Justice Party’s mid-day meal scheme to a nutritious meal scheme, while gold for marriage was stalled during AIADMK rule itself. Former AIADMK minister S P Velumani said the scheme could not be continued due to Covid-19, but a tender was floated and the DMK govt did not take it forward. Govindasamy sought to know when DMK would fulfil its various poll promises including additional support price for paddy and sugarcane, besides increasing days of employment under MGNREGS from 100 to 150 as four years had passed.
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