The Leader of Opposition in the Assembly and AIADMK’s co-coordinator, Edappadi K Palaniswami, on Wednesday accused Chief Minister M.K. Stalin of going back on his electoral promise regarding the property tax hike.
Reading out the relevant portion of the DMK’s manifesto for the 2021 Assembly election, Mr. Palaniswami said the document had stated that the tax would not be hiked until the economy “completely recovers” from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Besides, the DMK government had waited for the end of the urban local bodies’ (ULBs) polls and gone for the tax increase, which was a “gift” to people who had voted in the ULBs’ elections.
