A day after Electricity Minister V. Senthilbalaji announced the government’s move to hike the electricity tariff, the AIADMK on Tuesday announced that it would hold demonstrations across the State on July 25 to protest against the proposed hike and highlight other issues, including the increase in property tax.
In a statement, AIADMK interim general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami said the DMK regime, which proudly stated at the time of this year’s Budget that it had presented a taxless Budget, was now effecting one hike after another. Inflation, deterioration in law and order and non-implementation of assurances by the DMK government would be the issues the AIADMK would focus on during the agitation.
The deposed party coordinator, O. Panneerselvam, said in a series of tweets that the decision would cause hardship to the people, and appealed to Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to drop the move.
