AIADMK general secretary and Leader of Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Sunday, January 28, 2024 accused the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government of seeing the farmers as an enemy and failed to do anything for their welfare. The government had also failed to take any steps to get the due share of Cauvery water meant for Tamil Nadu, Mr. Palaniswami claimed.
Addressing party functionaries at Vallam and Sengipatti in Thanjavur district, Mr. Palaniswami said the DMK, which had come to power by giving “attractive” promises in the run up to the 2021 assembly elections, had failed to implement them in the last two years and eight months.
By implementing only a few of those promises, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin was trying to cover up failures by claiming that his Dravidian model of governance had implemented the poll promises completely, Mr. Palaniswami said. The State government, in the last two years of its rule had pursued the agenda of “looting” the State, he alleged and accused Chief Minister Stalin of going abroad with the intention of investing the “looted money” and not for attracting industrial investments to Tamil Nadu.
