NDA stages demonstration condemning State Govt. for diverting funds meant for SC/ST welfare to other schemes

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National Democratic Alliance staging a objection  astatine  Palayamkottai successful  Tirunelveli connected  Wednesday.

National Democratic Alliance staging a objection astatine Palayamkottai successful Tirunelveli connected Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Condemning the DMK Government for allegedly diverting funds meant for the payment of the radical belonging to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes to immoderate different schemes, National Democratic Alliance (NDA) organised a monolithic objection successful Palayamkottai connected Wednesday.

AIADMK’s Tirunelveli territory caput Thatchai N. Ganesaraja said the Tamil Nadu Government had diverted implicit ₹25,000 crore meant for SC/ST payment to different wide schemes, and hence National SC/ST Commission had sought a elaborate study from State Government connected this mismanagement of funds.

Rampant corruption and deficiency of fiscal prudence had yet drowned the full State successful a indebtedness of implicit 9 lakh crore. The State Government had tried to amusement that this authorities was performing good and registered unprecedented maturation rate.

“If this concern is allowed to continue, the Tamil Nadu Government volition go bankrupt successful adjacent future. Hence, the radical of Tamil Nadu, realising the menace they are present facing, should ballot wisely successful the upcoming Assembly polls,” Mr. Ganesaraja appealed.

The BJP functionaries charged that the DMK authorities successful Tamil Nadu was “misusing the Central funds” by diverting the funds for immoderate different enactment alternatively of utilizing it for the intended purpose.

“More than ₹5,000 crore has been released by the Centre to Tamil Nadu for specifically implementing payment schemes for the uplift of mediocre SC and ST people. However, it has been diverted for different populist schemes for the involvement of fetching votes,” the speakers alleged.

Office-bearers of Pattali Makkal Katchi and Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam besides participated successful the demonstration.

Published - February 18, 2026 06:09 p.m. IST

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