‘PMK alliance' will win big: Ramadoss
"The alliance having PMK will achieve a huge victory. PMK will also score an unprecedented big win because the alliance would be a strong one," he said. However, Ramadoss did not clarify about the alliance he wanted to be part of.
The party founder visited Poompuhar for inspecting the venue of Vanniyar Magalir Maanaadu (Vanniyar women conference) scheduled to be held on Aug 10 in Poompuhar. When reporters asked him if he had met the election commission after he declared that he was the party president, Ramadoss said, "Hereafter, everything will happen properly at the right time." On opposition leader Edappadi K Palaniswami's objection to utilising temple funds to build academic institutions, Ramadoss said there was nothing wrong in it.
To a question about the Union govt not allocating funds for Tamil Nadu, Ramadoss said, "The north thrives while the south declines. I would have demanded (funds from) the Prime Minister directly as he is my friend."
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