As far as the MDMK is concerned, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is the prime ministerial candidate in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, party’s principal secretary and its candidate for the Tiruchi Lok Sabha constituency Durai Vaiko said here on Thursday.
Speaking to reporters on his first visit to the city after being nominated as the party candidate for the Tiruchi constituency, Mr. Durai Vaiko observed that the Lok Sabha election was essentially a contest between democracy and fascism.
According to him, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has fulfilled more than 75% of the poll promises despite the funds crunch faced by the State government and the Centre’s refusal to release funds. The Centre had not sanctioned funds even in the wake of Cyclone Michaung, Although a Central team was deputed to assess the damages, the State government had not been given any funds, contrary to assurances from the Union government, he said.
