AIADMK’s rule was not ‘dark’ as claimed by Stalin: Palaniswami

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Tuesday said the decade-long AIADMK rule (2011-21) was not ‘dark’ as claimed by the Chief Minister and DMK president M.K. Stalin but it was a “people’s government”.

During the campaign seeking votes for AIADMK’s Tiruvannamalai constituency candidate M. Kaliyaperumal in Tirupattur town, Mr. Palaniswami said the Chief Minister had been dubbing the period when the AIADMK was in power, as a ‘dark rule’. This is contrary to truth. Instead, it was only when AIADMK was in power, many welfare schemes centred on peoples interest were implemented, he contended.

“What Mr. Stalin claims are a bunch of lies. If he (Mr. Stalin) closes his eyes, everything including AIADMK’s regime will be seen as a dark rule. We implemented more welfare schemes than others,” he said.