09-05-2025
DMK government has rescued the State from the dark age of AIADMK rule, says Stalin
Terming the previous AIADMK government as a dark age for Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday said the DMK government had retrieved the State from the darkness and transformed it to occupy the number one position in the country now.
The Chief Minister said the achievements of his government has not ended. 'This is just the beginning. The State would move like a lion and witness development at the speed of a rocket,' he said after inaugurating an Integrated Bus Terminal (IBT) and Truck Terminal at Panjapur on the Tiruchi-Madurai highway.
The 'Dravidian model' government, said, was a model to the country as it was providing an inclusive government benefiting the backward, most backward, scheduled caste, scheduled tribes and others. The State had achieved a 9.69 percent growth rate, the highest among the States in the country. Tamil Nadu continued to increase the area coverage in agriculture and productivity every year. The Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of the State was more than twice of other States. The Union government itself had reported that one out of five top ranked higher learning institutions were in the State, Mr. Stalin said and the achievements could not stomach well among the opposition parties.
Taking a dig at the previous AIADMK government, Mr. Stalin said the AIADMK supported three farm laws (The Farmers's Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Act and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, when the farmers across the country were up in arm against the Acts during the previous Narendra Modi government at the Centre. AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami, who was then Chief Minister, went up a step further by insulting the protesting farmers. When the BJP government introduced the Citizenship (Amendment Bill), which was against the interest of Sri Lankan Tamils and Muslims, protests erupted in different parts of the country. But, the AIADMK support was the only reason for passage of the Bill in the Parliament, Mr. Stalin said and added that the AIADMK failed to put up strong arguments in the Supreme Court to ensure the rights of the State on the Cauvery water dispute, thereby leading to the farmers ending their lives. Innocent people were killed when the police opened fire at Sathankulam in Thoothukudi. The AIADMK government was the reason for losing our taxation right by agreeing to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) method.
While lauding Minister for Municipal Administration K.N, Nehru for building one of the finest and largest bus terminus, Mr. Stalin said that the swanky terminus had facilities such as escalators, air conditioners and other amenities on a par with airports. It could handle 401 buses at any point in time. It would not only serve the people of Tiruchi but also the State.
State Ministers Nehru, Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, S.S. Sivasankar, S. Regupathy, Siva. V. Meyyanathan, MPs Durai Vaiko, K.N. Arun Nehru, N. Siva, S. Jothimani, Secretary, Municipal Administration D. Karthikeyan, Director, S. Sivarasu, Collector M. Pradeep Kumar, Tiruchi Corporation Commissioner V. Saravanan, Mayor M. Anbazhagan and others participated.
