Palaniswami says more effective use of social media yielded results for TVK in T.N. Assembly elections

AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami connected Saturday said effectual usage of societal media by the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) yielded results for the enactment successful the Assembly election. Addressing his colleagues from Kancheepuram district, helium stressed the value of utilizing the level to amended disseminate the organisation’s presumption connected assorted issues and flagging the shortcomings and anemic spots of the State government.

The gathering marked the inauguration of the leadership’s district-wise consultations with functionaries and elder leaders to reappraisal the party’s show successful the Assembly elections, said elder functionaries of the party.

A presumption was expressed successful the gathering that children of leaders of the enactment should beryllium drafted for the enactment work. “This covers Mithun [Mr. Palaniswami’s son] too,” observed 1 of the functionaries.

In the district, the enactment contested 3 retired of 4 seats, leaving Uthiramerur to its ally, the PMK. It drew a blank successful each 3 seats, adjacent though its nominee and erstwhile Minister V. Somasundaram was the runner-up successful the Kancheepuram constituency. The enactment had secured astir 2.01 lakh votes with a ballot stock of astir 24%. In Alandur and Sriperumpudur, it finished 3rd and retained its deposit. The PMK excessively mislaid successful Uthiramerur.

Mekedatu row

In a statement, Mr. Palaniswami criticised the TVK authorities for not exerting unit connected the Centre to stall Karnataka’s effort to physique a dam successful Mekedatu, not taking immoderate measurement to merchandise h2o from the Mettur dam, and “not securing” the State’s stock of Cauvery h2o from the neighbouring State.

Having provided respectability to Congress legislators by including a fewer of them successful the Cabinet, Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay should use capable unit connected the Congress authorities successful Karnataka to forestall the second from constructing the dam and guarantee merchandise of the Cavuery h2o owed to Tamil Nadu, Mr. Palaniswami said.