DMK govt. will implement promises made by AIADMK regime too, says Stalin

In 10 months we have fulfilled 208 promises, says the Chief Minister

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Wednesday told the Assembly that in the last 10 months the DMK government had made announcements for 208 of the 505 election promises and issued orders for implementing 171 of them.

He also promised to implement the “unfufilled announcements” made in the last 10 years by the AIADMK government if they were found to be beneficial to the people. In this context, he recalled the words of DMK founder C.N. Annadurai that the “jasmine in the garden of the enemy also has fragrance”.

He pointed out that though the AIADMK made 186 promises in its 2011 election manifesto and 321 promises in the 2016 manifesto, it had issued orders for only 269 of the 507 promises.

“The announcements still remain on paper. They were made just for the sake of publicity,” he said.

Mr. Stalin said while the DMK government was fulfilling its election promises, questions were asked about them. “It is like asking a 10-month-old child to tell you about its 10th standard marks. But let me tell you. The child will score marks not only in the 10th standard but also win a medal in graduation,” he said.

The Chief Minister said he had chosen to make the suo motu statement to explain the truth to the MLAs and people alike because the opposition parties were criticising and raising doubts about the announcements made during the election.

“DMK’s manifesto was prepared in such a manner to fulfill the promises in a stipulated period and restore the State economy. The government is committed to fulfilling even the promises not made in the manifesto,” he reiterated and listed out the promises for which orders had already been issued.