Status: Not ApprovedHEAD: 24_Che_Y_DMK VCK mock EPS announcementByline: NoneDmk and vck mock eps announcementDMK, VCK mock EPS announcementTNNChennai: DMK and its ally VCK mocked the announcement by AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, following his poll promise of giving Rs 10,000 per family as a solatium.DMK official spokesperson Saravanan Annadurai compared Palaniswami’s announcement with that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014. “Before the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Modi promised Rs 15 lakh in every account, and later Union Home Minister Amit Shah said it was a Jumlah (false promise). I am seeing Palaniswami’s announcement on the same lines,” Saravanan told the media.Similarly, VCK President Thol Thirumavalavan said Palaniswami’s poll promise was made knowing that he will not win the 2026 election. “The announcement by Palaniswami may have come from the confidence that they are not going to win the election anyway. These announcements will not make any impact on the minds of the people, and in the election,” Thirumavalavan told reporters at Trichy airport.Justifying the freebies given by the DMK govt, Thirumavalavan said the DMK govt’s welfare measures are aimed at the upliftment of women, students and people from the lower strata of society, and those who were historically deprived. “The financial burdens are manageable, and DMK took such decisions after assessing the state’s financial capacity,” he said.Ends MSID:: 128759004 413 |
