No information was suppressed on fiscal health during AIADMK regime, says Palaniswami

The Leader of the Opposition said the refusal of the DMK government to lower the fuel prices showed that the party would have one stance before the election, and another after the poll

Leader of Opposition, Edappadi K. Palaniswami, on Monday asserted that there was no suppression of information with regard to the fiscal health of the State during 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, who was Chief Minister till the first week of May, told reporters that at the time of presentation of the [interim] budget [in February], the position was made known to people through the media. But, the DMK, knowing fully well, went on making the promise during the election on the reduction of fuel prices and it included this assurance in its election manifesto.