Chennai: AIADMK joint coordinator and former Chief Minister K Palaniswami has come down heavily on Chief Minister M K Stalin’s claim of keeping 70 per cent of his poll promises and wondered if he had implemented any specific scheme for the benefit of the poor.
Addressing a campaign meeting for the elections to urban local bodies at Tambaram, Palaniswami also charged that the DMK government is planning to close down Amma Canteens gradually. He said already, the number of workers for Amma Canteens and the quantity of materials given to these canteens have been reduced. Certain Ministers have expressed the view that these canteens should be closed.
‘By his own statement, Stalin stated he had honoured nearly 400 promises. Does anybody know what they are?’ Palaniswami asked and said this was nothing but duplicity.
‘Amma (late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa) promised to double the quantity of gold provided to poor women beneficiaries and accordingly our government provided 8 gram gold for thali,’ he said.