EPS says no information suppressed on fiscal health

Leader of the Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Monday said there had been no suppression of information with regard to the fiscal health of the previous AIADMK regime.Answering a question on the

Leader of the Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Monday said there had been no suppression of information with regard to the fiscal health of the previous AIADMK regime. Answering a question on the present government citing the financial condition of the government as the reason for not reducing the prices of petrol and diesel, Mr. Palaniswami said at the time of the presentation of the [interim] Budget [in February], the position was made known to people through the media. But the DMK, knowing this fully well, went on making the promise during the election on the reduction of the fuel prices, and it included the assurance in its election manifesto. Pointing out that Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan was “not unaware” of the situation, Mr. Palaniswami, who termed as “disappointing” the Governor’s address to the Assembly, said the refusal of the DMK government to lower fuel prices had shown that the party would have one stance before and after the election and another after the poll.