T.N. Assembly election: PMK poll manifesto calls for T.N. govt. to carry out caste census

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PMK president   Anbumani Ramadoss releasing the party’s predetermination  manifesto connected  Wednesday.

PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss releasing the party’s predetermination manifesto connected Wednesday. | Photo Credit: S.R. RAGHUNATHAN

PMK president Anbumani connected Wednesday said the enactment would impulse the State authorities to behaviour “social justice” caste census, guarantee ₹2,000 to each women each month, amended instrumentality and order, and halt the proliferation of drugs successful Tamil Nadu.

Releasing the predetermination manifesto astatine the party’s bureau successful Chennai, helium said: “The Centre volition cod macro-level data. Only State governments tin cod micro-level data, which tin beryllium justified successful the courts. Population of a caste and its backwardness needs justification, based connected which interior reservations and truthful connected tin beryllium given. A State authorities tin inquire 70 questions to get implicit data. It is to find social, educational, and economical information of families.” He besides charged the DMK authorities of accruing tremendous debts without immoderate superior expenditure.

“There has been nary wealth spent connected irrigation projects, improving authorities schools and aesculapian colleges, and constructing industries. Only ₹1.6 lakh crore has been spent connected superior expenditure. Chief Minister M.K. Stalin is surrounded by a fewer bureaucrats and Ministers who behave similar businessmen,” helium alleged. He claimed that corruption to the tune of ₹1.82 lakh crore had taken spot successful Tasmac alone. “They person done each this due to the fact that they cognize they aren’t coming back,” helium said. adding, “I invited nonstop currency transfers but the radical should beryllium allowed to unrecorded with dignity.”

Despite ideological differences, Dr. Anbumani said, the absorption was unneurotic to reason and region the DMK’s “corrupt” rule. Asked however helium could warrant an confederation with the AIADMK, which helium had opposed earlier for the aforesaid reasons, Dr. Anbumani said, “Didn’t Vaiko (MDMK leader), Vijayakant (late DMDK founder), and Thirumavalavan (VCK leader) impeach the DMK of corruption earlier? Vijayakant started the enactment to reason the DMK. We person formed the confederation to region the DMK which hasn’t been capable to supply extortion to women, which sells drugs, and is corrupt. This is wherefore we are together. We whitethorn person ideological differences, but we person 1 goal.”

Dr. Anbumani further said Tamil Nadu has been denied a beardown and an autarkic Lokayukta due to the fact that those successful powerfulness would beryllium the archetypal to spell to jail.

“Enforcement Directorate has fixed grounds of corruption to the tune of ₹4,800 crore successful soil mining. The Tamil Nadu authorities should person done started the investigation. But, they person gone to the court,” helium said.

Published - April 02, 2026 12:51 americium IST

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