Clearly decide whether you want the welfare of Kalaignar's family or the well-being of the entire State, DMDK leader Vijayakant exhorted voters campaigning in the district on Thursday.
The DMK had been deceiving people for the last five years, indulging in large-scale corruption such as the Rs. 1.7 lakh crore spectrum scam, Mr. Vijayakant said, observing that while Anna kept the Congress at bay, Kalaignar was desperate for an alliance with the party solely to safeguard his family members from the investigations.
Mr. Vijayakant wondered why the DMK failed to intervene when the Centre chose to increase the prices of petrol and diesel phenomenally in the last five years.
As a result poor people with mopeds were now helpless. Tiruchi district known for industry was reeling under power shortage, he said, relating the factor to unemployment.
The DMDK leader wondered why the DMK failed to achieve whatever it is promising now in its earlier stints for five times. Inadequacy of power was not unknown to the DMK in its earlier regime. Why then did it not take measures to ensure adequate power generation, he asked, and blamed the State for failing to provide drinking water and protect the people from price rise. He alleged that the Chief Minister and his team of Ministers were more particular about making money and amassing wealth, pointing out that the four-laning of the Tiruchi-Thanjavur stretch without service lanes was tell-tale evidence of corruption indulged in by local politicians.
“Vote for us if you want the service lanes laid,” he said.
The government is only for the people. What prevented it from fulfilling the dire requirement to prevent accidents, he questioned campaigning in areas falling under the Tiruverumbur Assembly constituency.
“The immediate priority of voters must be to send the DMK home. Tamil Nadu is not the sole preserve of the DMK family. Please don't be taken in by the attempts of the family-run television channels to provoke emotions,” Mr. Vijayakant said. “I am a true follower of MGR and will never let down the party my idol founded. People have faith in his sincerity to work for their welfare,” he said, addressing a meeting at Tiruvanaikaval in the Srirangam Assembly constituency from where the AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa is contesting. “People in this constituency are fortunate to have the AIADMK general secretary as the contestant,” he said without mentioning her name.
Mr. Vijayakant also addressed meetings in support of candidates in Mannachanallur and Musiri constituencies.
