No good can come from DMK, Cong to state: OPS

“Despite being in power in both the state and Centre, the DMK and Congress failed to do any good. Though nine DMK ministers were in the Union Cabinet, while being a constituent of Congress for ten years, they did not bring any welfare projects to the state. 

Tamil Nadu reeled under severe power shortage during the DMK rule,” he said while campaigning for CP Radhakrishnan, the BJP nominee for Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency.

Lashing out at the DMK for failing to resolve the long-pending Cauvery issue, the Deputy Chief Minister also blamed the opposition combine for killing 40,000 people during the last leg of the Sri Lankan war.

On the other hand, Panneerselvam credited Modi for clearing obstacles in conducting jallikattu, setting up of AIIMS hospital and improving the hospitals in district headquarters. He also said that the state will become hut free one by 2023.

Pointing to the contradictions in the opposition alliance, the Deputy Chief Minister said, “In Kerala, the CPM and Congress are fighting against each other, but in Tamil Nadu, they are together.”

Further, OPS said, “Stalin says AIADMK will disappear after Parliamentary polls. When even his father M Karunanidhi couldn’t do anything, what can Stalin do? The AIADMK is a party with 1.5 crore cadre and it can’t be shaken by anyone,” he noted.

As many as 21 cases were registered against the DMK and Congress workers in Tiruchy district for poll code violation and making public nuisance here on Tuesday.

It is said, Tiruchy police noticed that the Congress and DMK cadre had used party flags beyond the permitted level on Monday and Tuesday during the campaign by the Congress candidate Su Thirunavukkarasar.

Subsequently, the police stations across the Tiruchy city, including Cantonment, GH police station, Thillai Nagar and Woraiyur registered cases against the candidate and the cadre for violating poll code and preventing the vehicle movement in the key locations and thus disturbing the public. Meanwhile, as many as 15 cases were registered against all the political parties across the rural areas for various violations, including gathering without permission, failing to remove hoardings and party flags.

In the meantime, the district electoral officer S Sivarasu issued a strict warning against the voters, who receive cash for voting. He said in a statement that those who receive money for voting would land in prison for an year.