Seeds of change sown for Assembly polls: Kanimozhi

Kanimozhi says prohibition will be enforced if Karunanidhi is voted to power. — File Photo

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi has said that people of Tamil Nadu have lost their patience with the AIADMK government’s anti-people policies.

Addressing a public meeting at Katpadi, Ms. Kanimozhi noted that the seed has been sown to bring about a change in the forthcoming Assembly elections.

Urging people to think well before casting their vote, she said that the party’s chief M. Karunanidhi should become the Chief Minister if Tamil Nadu has to get on to the road of development, and for people to live with self-respect.

“In the last five years of the AIADMK government, not a single infrastructure project has been implemented in the State. If industries have to come in Tamil Nadu, infrastructure such as road and airport have to be established, to pave way for economic growth and create job opportunities for youth,” she said.

She said that the law and order situation has worsened in the State, and women no longer feel safe.

Criticising the government’s stand on closure of TASMAC outlets, she said the government was concerned about revenue but was not worried about young widows and youngsters turning into alcoholics.

She assured that prohibition will be enforced in the State if Mr. Karunanidhi was voted to power.

Referring to the death of three students in Villupuram, she said, “Officials failed to act when the students had attempted suicide a year ago as they could not tolerate harassment by the college management. The parents of Saranya, one of the students, said that the handwriting in the suicide note was not their daughter’s.”