Tamil Nadu Assembly polls | TN will win hereafter, says DMK president Stalin
The Hindu
Stalin said people had given the DMK a sixth term to rule the as they were confident that the country and people would be safe.
DMK president M.K. Stalin on Sunday said the new government to be formed under him would actually be run by those who were aspiring for an ideal government for Tamil Nadu. “Tamil Nadu has announced the victory of the DMK. The State will win hereafter,” he said in a statement. Thanking the political leaders, Chief Ministers of various states, religious heads, film personalities and industrialists who had congratulated him on the victory, Mr Stalin said the leaders of alliance parties who ideologically stood shoulder to shoulder to fight the election also deserved appreciation.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.