Tamil Nadu Assembly election: DMK’s welfare schemes are social investments, says Kanimozhi

DMK Parliamentary Party person Kanimozhi connected Monday (March 30, 2026) said determination was an effort to politicise payment schemes arsenic “freebies”, though economists crossed the world, including former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, had explained however specified fiscal assistance acted arsenic a stimulus to the economy.

Explaining various aspects of the DMK manifesto, she said erstwhile radical person money, it automatically increases their purchasing powerfulness and stimulates the economy. “The Magalir Urimai Thittam, nether which ₹1,000 is fixed to women, increases their purchasing power. Zero outgo autobus question has allowed women to question successful hunt of jobs. The wealth spent by the authorities connected these schemes is simply a societal investment. Only those who are against societal justness volition reason these schemes,” she said.

Responding to the allegation that the DMK had copied the AIADMK manifesto, she said cipher would instrumentality the promises of the AIADMK earnestly due to the fact that galore of them had not been fulfilled. “The AIADMK announced promises without realising that these schemes are already being implemented by the Dravidian Model government. Women are already receiving ₹1,000, and the Chief Minister has announced that it volition beryllium accrued to ₹2,000. Now, the AIADMK has travel retired with the aforesaid promise,” she said.

According to her, the DMK’s manifesto had received all-round appreciation. “The manifesto committee travelled to galore districts and elicited opinions and suggestions from radical from each walks of life. We person prepared the manifesto based connected 80,000 ideas from experts crossed assorted fields. The Chief Minister is peculiar that each the promises should beryllium implementable,” she said.

Asked however the DMK authorities would place beneficiaries for the Illatharasi scheme, nether which women would beryllium fixed a coupon worthy ₹8,000 to acquisition oregon regenerate household appliances, she said the authorities was already providing ₹1,000 per period to 1.31 crore women and it would not beryllium hard to place deserving beneficiaries.

Ms. Kanimozhi said the nonsubjective down the strategy was to escaped women from time-consuming household enactment and springiness them much clip to prosecute their interests.

“When officials told Kalaignar (Karunanidhi, erstwhile Chief Minister) that a azygous stove state could beryllium distributed to women since the canvass committedness had not specifically mentioned a azygous oregon treble stove, helium said it was immaterial, arsenic his nonsubjective was to assistance women permission the room arsenic rapidly arsenic possible,” she said.