Both DMK and AIADMK are failures: D. Pandian

The electorate will never believe in the plea of DMK and AIADMK for another chance to rule for another term with promises of enticing freebies, D. Pandian, senior CPI leader, said on Friday.

Both parties had failed to uplift the State despite having been a constituent of the ruling alliance at the Centre.

Poverty

Both parties have ruled Tamil Nadu for five decades now, but the extent of poverty has remained the same. As many as 1.82 crore family card holders have been languishing in Below Poverty Line for several years.

Supply of free rice implies people have lost power to purchase, Mr. Pandian told mediapersons.

The CPI leader said he was certain about people in the State voting the left parties to a position of strength.

While the left parties anticipated only the results after election, the two major Dravidian parties were in a predicament of awaiting outcome of court verdicts in corruption cases.

Unlike in the case of a few other parties that could spend crores of rupees on television advertisements, the left parties relied solely on direct interaction with people, Mr. Pandian said.

He wondered why the DMK and AIADMK desisted from replying to charges levelled by the BJP and suspected that the two dravidian parties were acting in tandem with a tacit understanding.

The BJP’s demand for total prohibition in Tamil Nadu alone was meaningless. Drinking causes destruction everywhere; the Central government could implement prohibition in the entire country.

Likewise, the Congress’ was unjustified in demanding prohibition here without enforcing the same in States it ruled, he said.