Stalin attacks Tamil Nadu government during Madurantakam campaign

DMK president M.K. Stalin has accused the Tamil Nadu government of being run by a concealed “corporate mafia” and alleged that decisions were being made without transparency. Stalin made the claims on Saturday while campaigning for DMK candidate I.

Paranthaman in the Madurantakam Assembly constituency. He also attacked the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, saying the party had admitted former AIADMK ministers facing corruption cases after presenting itself as a clean-government alternative. He questioned whether the government could claim to be clean after cancelling the Parandur airport project, seeking to hand Chennai airport to private operators and allegedly withholding a letter sent to the Prime Minister.

He further alleged that a mafia had taken control with the aim of diverting investment to Andhra Pradesh. Stalin criticised Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay for not taking a position on demands for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.

He said parties opposed to the BJP and its allies had raised the issue and claimed that more than 13 crore people had been denied voting rights, without providing further evidence in the supplied report. The DMK leader also said the TVK’s electoral success did not amount to a wave. He argued that the party could have won at least 150 seats if such a wave existed, but had secured fewer than 118 and formed the government with support from parties that had been part of the DMK alliance.

Stalin attributed the DMK’s defeat in the Assembly election partly to the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, saying lakhs of people had lost their votes. He warned voters to remain vigilant and said the party’s failure had been taking the TVK seriously. The report did not include a response from the government or TVK to his allegations.