People support DMK because it is a good force, says Minister

Refuting TVK person Vijay’s remarks describing the DMK arsenic an “evil force”, Minister for Housing, Prohibition and Excise S. Muthusamy told reporters connected Wednesday that it was lone due to the fact that the DMK was a bully unit that radical extended overwhelming enactment and voted for it.

The Minister said it was for the radical to decide, and that helium believed Mr. Vijay was taking decisions independently.

He said that portion astir governments faced nationalist dissatisfaction towards the extremity of their five-year term, the DMK continued to person a stronger nationalist effect than erstwhile it archetypal assumed office.

Mr. Muthusamy attributed this to Chief MinisterM.K. Stalin’s people-centric approachand the effectual implementation of payment schemes. “People person accepted some the DMK and its governance, and are wide astir bringing the enactment backmost to powerfulness successful 2026 with Mr. Stalin arsenic Chief Minister,” helium said.

Dismissing allegations that payment measures were election-driven, helium said initiatives specified asfree autobus travelwere introduced purely successful the nationalist interest, and had been appreciated adjacent by leaders from different States.

Referring to the observance ofThanthai Periyar’s 52^nd death anniversaryand erstwhile Chief MinisterM.G. Ramachandran’s (MGR) 38^th death anniversary, the Minister said tributes were paid to some leaders.

He added that Mr. Stalin had ever shown respect for MGR, and that paying homage connected remembrance days without bias was a corporate responsibility. “There is nary hidden agenda, arsenic some leaders stock the aforesaid remembrance day,” helium said.

Responding to a query connected whether the motion was linked to the TVK invoking MGR, Mr. Muthusamy said nary idiosyncratic oregon enactment could “claim” MGR, and that the DMK remained firmly committed to its ideology.

He further said the DMK women’s conference,‘Vellum Tamil Pengal’, would beryllium held successful Palladam connected December 29.

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