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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin (ANI photo)
When Stalin was asked by AIADMK interim chief K Palaniswami in his Erode bypoll campaign to allege that the DMK won the election only by making false promises, he mocked the leader of the opposition.
DMK President and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Tuesday said that 85 per cent of the assurances made by his party to the people ahead of the 2021 assembly elections have been fulfilled.
When Stalin was asked by AIADMK interim chief K Palaniswami in his Erode bypoll campaign to allege that the DMK won the election only by making false promises, he mocked the leader of the opposition.
It was the same Palaniswami who, when he was the chief minister (2018), lied that he came to know about police firing in Thoothukudi only after watching television. Stalin said that it was Palaniswami who had ordered the police firing and it was natural that such a leader could only make such false allegations.
Answering questions in his ‘Ungalil Oruvan’ (one of you) series, he said that not only poll promises have been honored, but several other schemes are also being implemented, which were not announced before the elections. I went.
Chief Minister mentions Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar Hire Education Assurance Pudhumai Pen Yojana and underlined that it was not a part of the election manifesto and is being implemented. He said some schemes – which are part of the election manifesto – are pending and will be implemented in about a year. “I will definitely implement it.” Fare-free travel in town buses for women, reduction in the price of state-run Aavin milk are among the promises that have already been fulfilled.
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