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The DMK, which is “delivering people-friendly governance” successful Tamil Nadu done a scope of payment schemes, volition unit the BJP-led Union Government to callback its determination to destruct the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) done its projected “anti-people scheme”, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said connected Sunday (December 21, 2025).
“Since the projected strategy [VB-G RAM G Bill], which has been adopted without immoderate statement [rushed manner] successful the Parliament, volition render the mediocre agrarian farmhands jobless and destruct their livelihood, the DMK and its allies volition thwart the BJP’s plans done sustained protests that would statesman connected December 24,” Mr. Stalin said astatine a gathering successful Palayamkottai successful Tirunelveli district.
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Mr. Stalin charged the “pro-rich BJP”, which neither respected Mahatma Gandhi nor loved the poor, was taking methodical steps to destruct MNREGA introduced by the erstwhile Congress-led authorities for ensuring decent income to the agrarian mediocre farmhands. The BJP, ever since it assumed office, had drastically reduced the outlay and denied MNREGA funds to State Governments forcing them to carnivore this expenditure. The fig of MNREGA ‘working days’ was reduced leaving the mediocre farmhands jobless for respective days.
After destroying the precise intent of the MNREGA, the BJP had introduced a caller scheme successful “incomprehensible Hindi name” to stroke deathknell to the MNREGA.
“The caller strategy compels the already strained State Governments to carnivore 40% of the wages of farmhands. This determination lone reaffirms that the pro-rich BJP is not connected with the mediocre and this anti-poor Union Government adjacent did not let immoderate treatment astir the caller strategy successful the Parliament. Even though activists and economists are raising alarm implicit this move, the BJP is keen connected going up with it to decimate the poor. Hence, the DMK and its allies volition unit the BJP to retreat it,” Mr. Stalin said.
Terming AIADMK wide caput and Opposition person Edappadi K. Palaniswami arsenic “fake farmer” for earlier supporting the “anti-farmer laws” and not objecting to the Centre’s caller strategy to destruct MNREGA, Mr. Stalin said Tamil Nadu was intimately watching this. The AIADMK had besides supported the CAA/NRC.
Expressing happiness implicit the inauguration of ‘Porunai Archaeological Museum’ lasting grounds to the past Tamils’ unsocial and progressive civilization, Mr. Stalin said the DMK authorities had created these museums astatine Palayamkottai and Keeladi contempt the hurdles created by the BJP, “which ne'er wants america to item the Tamils’ pridefulness to the world”.
“Even arsenic the BJP is searching for mythic River Saraswati and obstructing our efforts, we, with technological backing and credible evidences, are creating archaeological museums. Though Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced an on-site depository would beryllium established astatine Adichanallur, thing has happened there. We person created Porunai depository to show artefacts [excavated astatine Adichanallur, Sivakalai, Korkai and Thulukkarpatti]. I sincerely invitation Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sojourn these museums wherever we person piled-up unquestionable technological evidences of past Tamils’ unsocial civilization,” helium said.
He appealed to Tamils to sojourn the Keeladi and Porunai museums with household and friends.
He lauded Ministers Thangam Thennarasu and E.V. Velu and Finance Secretary T. Udhayachandran for their tireless enactment successful completing the ‘Porunai Archaeological Museum’ works successful grounds clip successful aesthetic fashion.
“You radical made the Keeladi Museum a ace deed and person present fulfilled the historical duty,” helium said.
