Stalin failed to fulfil poll promises, says former CM

‘DMK came to power making unrealisable promises’

AIADMK co-coordinator Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Monday claimed that Chief Minister M.K. Stalin had failed miserably in fulfilling his poll promises, and was hoodwinking the people by giving low-quality Pongal gift hampers.

Addressing a campaign meeting for urban civic polls held at KTC Nagar in Palayamkottai, Mr. Palaniswami said the DMK, which had come to power by announcing attractive but “unrealisable promises”, had failed to fulfil those commitments. Though Mr. Stalin was claiming that his government had fulfilled 200 poll promises despite financial constraints, he was refusing to give details of the fulfilled promises, the AIADMK leader alleged.

The DMK, in its manifesto, had promised to give a monthly incentive of ₹1,000 each to women heads of families, a subsidy of ₹100 per LPG cylinder, a waiver of education loans and a higher monthly assistance to senior citizens. But none of these promises had been fulfilled, he said.