Chennai: DMK president M K Stalin on Sunday assured Rs 1,000 per month financial assistance would be provided to all women family heads in Tamilnadu if the party was voted to power in the 6 April Assembly elections.
Addressing a rally Trichy, Stalin promised economic and agriculture growth, drinking water for all, quality education and healthcare for all, social justice to the needy and downtrodden, beautiful cities and improved rural infrastructure to improve quality of life.
He added: “We worked together with experts from various fields to create this vision document. This is Stalin’s seven-point promise to the people of Tamilnadu.”
Stalin also said, “I am not making this promise for the next five years, when DMK is all set to come to power. I am making this promise for the next 10 years.”
Stalin laid thrust on development in the fields of economy, agriculture, water resources, education and health, urban development, rural infrastructure and social justice.
“The education assistance provided to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes will be increased two-fold. We will eradicate manual scavenging,” he stated.
Meanwhile, MNM founder Kamal Haasan has alleged that the DMK had lifted several ideas of his party, including the monthly honorarium for housewives and broadband for rural areas.
Speaking at a public meeting, he said he was being forced to reiterate that the MNM introduced these ideas.