DMK believes in allies, AIADMK in TN people: EPS
Edappadi K Palaniswami
on Tuesday said the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was very strong in Tamil Nadu and the alliance would form govt in the state by winning 210 seats in the 2026 assembly election.
He praised the BJP govt at the Centre for allocating Rs63,000 crore to implement the metro rail project in Chennai when the AIADMK was governing the state. "We (AIADMK) could get many schemes with the help of the central govt in the future. Without the Centre's support, Tamil Nadu wouldn't have achieved all the growth it sees today."
On the second day of political campaigning, which was held at Vadavalli, EPS said the previous AIADMK govt had implemented various schemes, especially Smart City and Pillur-III drinking water, in Coimbatore.
"However, the DMK govt has not done anything for the district in the past four years. DMK leader Stalin always says their alliance is very strong. He believes in the alliance parties. But the AIADMK believes in the people of Tamil Nadu, because we have implemented various projects in the state.
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EPS said the people of Coimbatore would vote for the NDA and help the alliance win all 10 seats in the district. "Stalin is daydreaming that his alliance will secure more than 200 seats. It won't happen in the 2026 assembly election. Stalin only thinks about his family members and has been working for the development of his family. How could he expect votes for his party?"
He accused the DMK govt of diverting the money from the hundi at the temples maintained by the HR&CE department for education.
"Devotees donate money for the development of temples. So, the govt should use it only for temple purposes. But the DMK govt has used it for constructing colleges. Such criminal acts should be prevented immediately."
While EPS slammed the left parties, he lauded state CPM secretary P Shanmugam for raising his voice against the DMK. "Communist parties have been on a decline in the state. CPI state secretary R Mutharasan doesn't have the guts to question the DMK for its anti-people governance. CPM's Shanmugam is the only person from the left parties who questioned the DMK for not doing anything for the welfare of people of Tamil Nadu.
I appreciate Shanmugam. But many communist leaders are working like slaves of the DMK."
Earlier in the day, EPS went for a morning walk at Race Course and interacted with walkers. Later, he met with various associations of entrepreneurs.
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