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The Leader of Opposition and AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami, connected Friday (February 13, 2026), reacted sharply to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin’s announcement of crediting ₹5,000 each to 1.31 crore women beneficiaries nether the Kalaignar Magalir Urimai scheme.
In a station connected his societal media handle, Mr. Palaniswami accused Mr. Stalin of suffering from “the fearfulness of predetermination defeat.” The DMK government, which did not instrumentality the strategy of transferring ₹1,000 each to women for 28 months (after coming to power), was present giving a “special summertime assistance” constituent of ₹2,000 for the summer. “Did 2024 and 2025 not person summer, Mr. Stalin?” Mr. Palaniswami wondered.
Having “made the State insecure” for women - from girls to elder citizens, volition they (women) judge successful this “patchwork” of providing “election clip money?” Was this announcement not made retired of “anxiety arising retired of the exposure” being revealed by the AIADMK done its door-to-door run that each beneficiary-family had “lost astatine slightest ₹3,50,000,” portion it had got lone ₹34,000 from the State authorities since September 2023? Mr. Palaniswami asked.
On Mr. Stalin’s announcement implicit the hike successful the monthly assistance (from ₹1,000) to ₹2,000 successful the lawsuit of DMK returning to powerfulness aft the upcoming Assembly election, the AIADMK wide caput said it had been made aft helium came retired with the aforesaid arsenic an electoral promise. Contrary to the archetypal basal that each ration paper holders would beryllium covered nether the scheme, the DMK authorities had “denied” the payment to 1 crore Tamil women, Mr. Palaniswami charged.
When the AIADMK authorities is formed successful 3 months (if elected successful the Assembly polls), each women-family heads would beryllium fixed ₹2,000 each each month, Mr. Palaniswami assured.
AMMK’s criticism
T.T.V. Dhinakaran, wide caput of the AIADMK’s state Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam, argued adjacent if the DMK authorities gave ₹50,000 to women, it was a certainty that the enactment would suffer successful the poll. “Regardless of the announcements made retired of fear, thing is going to enactment with radical of the State,” the AMMK person said.
On the Chief Minister’s canvass committedness of expanding the monthly monetary assistance to women heads of families to ₹2,000, Mr. Dhinakaran called it an “act of cheating” and said the “hasty move” was made owed to DMK’s “fear of defeat” and not retired of “genuine concern” for women.
