The only achievement of DMK is plunging T.N. into unprecedented debt: EPS

EPS criticizes DMK for plunging Tamil Nadu into debt, promising recovery of misappropriated funds if AIADMK returns to power.

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Sunday accused Chief Minister M.K. Stalin of plunging Tamil Nadu into unprecedented debt, which, he said, was the DMK’s achievement.

Addressing an election meeting in Neyveli, Mr. Palaniswami said, “In five years, the DMK government headed by Chief Minister [M.K. Stalin] has borrowed ₹5 lakh crore. This is Mr. Stalin’s achievement.”

When the AIADMK forms the next government, all the funds that were allegedly misappropriated would be recovered and the treasury replenished, he said.

Referring to DMDK general secretary Premallatha Vijayakant’s statement that he did not keep his promise of giving one Rajya Sabha seat to the DMDK, as was agreed in the electoral pact between the two parties during the 2024 Parliamentary polls, Mr. Palaniswami said, “I had publicly announced on television that if the DMDK allies with the AIADMK and wins in 2026, an MP seat would be given. But now, the party leader is speaking differently.”

When ‘Captain’ (Vijayakant) was alive, the DMDK had fiercely opposed the DMK, he said.

Referring to the DMK’s poll promise of ₹8,000 appliance coupon for housewives, Mr. Palaniswami said the DMK only announced schemes that benefited the Chief Minister’s family, and that the coupon was also a conspiracy.