Ever since political parties began releasing their election manifestos in Tamil Nadu, there has been a torrent of tweets and status updates discussing the economic viability of promises.
For instance, DMDK’s manifesto has become a subject matter of a frenzied debate on the social media with some like Sumanth Raman, a political commentator, taking potshots at it.
In a post titled, ‘DMDK’s manifesto. Totally speechless’, he listed what he terms as the 10 most absurd promises made in the manifesto. “Petrol price will be fixed at Rs. 45 and diesel price at Rs. 35. For how long? State Government can waive tax but cannot control price beyond that unless it pays the oil companies the balance,” he contended.
He also went on to question the manifesto’s assertion that the DMDK government will get into software business and fix the price of the software.
Responding to the criticism, D. Raja, national general secretary, Communist Party of India, said it was common among political parties to make their own promises.
“What we are saying is that the PWF-DMDK front will form the government and then we will come out with a comprehensive and a realistic economic policy.” he said.
