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AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami connected Wednesday (February 4, 2026) made 5 much electoral promises, including the proviso of 3 cooking state cylinders each to rice-drawing ration cardholders each year, the waiver of acquisition loans drawn from banks, and the hike successful old-age pension to ₹2,000 per period from ₹1,200 per month. The Tamil Nadu Assembly predetermination is owed successful April-May this year.
Addressing the media aft attending a gathering of territory secretaries astatine the enactment office successful Chennai, Mr. Palaniswami announced that successful the lawsuit of the decease of a jallikattu subordinate portion trying to tame the bull, the household of the deceased would beryllium paid a solaitum of ₹10 lakh. Likewise, for the injured, ₹2 lakh would beryllium given.
Besides, a subsidy of ₹5 lakh would beryllium granted for the behaviour of a jallikattu lawsuit astatine the government-sanctioned tract and the manual strategy of registration would beryllium brought back, replacing the existent online system. Interest-free loans would beryllium fixed to women self-help groups belonging to spiritual minorities, too the waiver of loans taken by persons with disabilities from cooperative societies.
With the latest circular of assurances, the full fig of canvass promises made by the AIADMK has gone up to 10.
Mr. Palaniswami said that nether the contiguous DMK regime, determination was thing astir the State to instrumentality pridefulness in. On the contrary, 1 had to “hang one’s caput successful shame.” Not a time has passed without immoderate incidental of unit against women, helium contended.
As for allusory references made by Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) person Vijay to his party, the AIADMK person said Mr. Vijay was seemingly unaware of what was going connected successful the State arsenic determination was “little contact” betwixt him and the extracurricular world. “Let him clasp a property league first!” Mr. Palaniswami quipped.
