Days Before Key Tamil Nadu Poll, MK Stalin Reaches Out To Women
NDTV
While campaigning for Congress candidate EVKS Elangovan, the DMK leader and chief minister claimed his government had fulfilled 85% of its poll promises.
Days before the Erode East bypoll in Tamil Nadu, the DMK government has announced that it would fulfill its poll promise of Rs 1,000 monthly assistance to women in the upcoming budget in March.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin made the announcement as he launched his campaign for the Erode East constituency election scheduled for February 27. "In the upcoming budget in March, we will announce when the Rs 1,000 monthly allowance for women would begin," he said while campaigning for Congress candidate EVKS Elangovan.
The DMK leader claimed his government had fulfilled 85% of its poll promises. "We have implemented a first-of-its-kind free bus ride for women and free breakfast in schools. We made five-year poll promises but we will fulfill them by the end of this year."
The bypoll was necessitated due to the death of Congress MLA Thirumahan Everaa. The national party, an ally of the ruling DMK, fielded veteran leader EVKS Elangovan, who's the father of the late MLA.
