T.N. Assembly poll an opportunity for voters to choose between Modi and Stalin: Udhayanidhi

Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin said connected Tuesday (March 31, 2026) that the Tamil Nadu Assembly predetermination volition supply an accidental to voters to take betwixt the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi astatine the Centre and the Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) led by DMK president and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin.

Addressing enactment cadre and residents successful Tiruvannamalai to question votes for incumbent Tiruvannamalai MLA and Minister for Highways E.V. Velu arsenic portion of the party’s predetermination campaign, Mr. Udhayanidhi recalled the basal taken by Mr. Stalin, that the forthcoming elections volition beryllium a contention betwixt the BJP-led Centre successful New Delhi and the ruling DMK authorities led by Mr. Stalin, who wants to retrieve the rights of the State. “Edappadi K. Palaniswami (the AIADMK wide secretary) has ever been a hardcore enslaved to the ruling BJP astatine the Centre. Tamil Nadu volition ne'er springiness a foothold to the BJP and its allies successful the State,” helium said.

The Deputy Chief Minister said that the AIADMK and the BJP had planned to halt the ₹1,000 monthly rights assistance for beneficiaries nether the Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam (KMUT), citing the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. However, Mr. Stalin, anticipating this, had credited ₹5,000 each into the slope accounts of 1.31 crore women household heads, who were beneficiaries nether the scheme.

“The electorate should enactment the DMK this election, too, to alteration the enactment to proceed the existing payment schemes nether Dravidian Model 2.0. The enhancement of existing schemes are besides listed successful the 2026 predetermination manifesto of the party,” helium said.

Mr. Udhayanidhi expressed assurance that the voters of the temple municipality of Tiruvannamalai volition re-elect the incumbent MLA Mr. Velu for a 3rd term. Several developmental works person been completed successful the territory during his tenure arsenic MLA. Some of them see the widening of the Tiruvannamalai-Dharmapuri-Harur High Road into a four-lane stretch, a wellness centre connected the Girivalam path, the conversion of Mada Streets astir Arunachaleswara temple into factual stretches, and a caller modern autobus terminus, helium said.