Stalin gave ₹5,000 only because of pressure from AIADMK, says Palaniswami

The DMK government, of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, gave ₹5,000 to the beneficiaries of the Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thogai scheme a fewer days agone lone due to the fact that of the unit mounted by the AIADMK, enactment wide secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami said astatine a nationalist gathering near Madhavaram on Sunday (February 22, 2026).

He recalled having made 10 electoral assurances, including 1 of granting a monthly assistance of ₹2,000 to each women heads of families holding ration cards. Soon aft his enactment made the announcement, Mr. Stalin grew anxious and credited the sum into the accounts of the beneficiaries, helium said.

Mr. Palaniswami said that the AIADMK was a enactment wherein adjacent a idiosyncratic could go its wide secretary, and the Chief Minister. But it was not the lawsuit successful the DMK. Though DMK  wide secretary Duraimurugan was the longest-serving MLA now, helium was not made the Deputy Chief Minister “only due to the fact that helium is not a household subordinate of precocious person M. Karunanidhi”, helium said.

Accusing Mr. Stalin of having prioritised his family’s payment implicit that of the people, Mr. Palaniswami said DMK rule was promoting dynasty authorities and asked the gathering whether specified a enactment should proceed successful power. Udhayanidhi Stalin got the station of Deputy Chief Minister without moving for the enactment and helium qualified for the station lone due to the fact that helium was the household subordinate of precocious person M. Karunanidhi and lad of the Chief Minister, Mr. Palaniswami said.

The DMK, helium said, had looted the State portion being successful power. Mr. Stalin was a “traitor” arsenic helium failed to support respective electoral assurances. Rejecting Mr. Stalin’s complaint that helium was a “chicken-hearted person” (‘bayanthangolli’), Mr. Palaniswami said, “Unlike you, we are not hitching a thrust connected the backmost of galore confederation parties.” Mr. Stalin should not underestimate the AIADMK, helium said. The DMK government had accrued the State’s debt, and the radical would carnivore the load arsenic the authorities would enforce taxes for its repayment, helium added.

Whenever the predetermination was held, the AIADMK-led alliance would unafraid bulk and signifier a government, Mr. Palaniswami said. When the DMK was successful the Opposition, its workers showed the achromatic emblem to Prime Minister Narendra Modi portion helium was visiting Tamil Nadu; but Mr. Stalin welcomed him with a “white umbrella” aft becoming the Chief Minister. He stood exposed for his “double standard”, helium said.

The erstwhile Chief Minister said the instrumentality and bid was deteriorating by the time successful the State, and determination was nary information for women under DMK rule. He hoped that his enactment would instrumentality to powerfulness and the radical would beryllium happy.