After Chief Minister M K Stalin-led Tamil Nadu government proclaimed that the state had recorded double-digit growth, citing the Union Ministry of Statistics’s report, Leader of the Opposition and AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami called it an “illusion” created by the DMK government to deceive the people of the state.He criticised the Stalin government’s target of achieving a one trillion dollar economy by describing it as the “one trillion lies” of Stalin’s publicity-driven administration.
Meanwhile, he claimed that the foundation for such economic growth in the state was laid by the previous AIADMK regime.
“It is the duty of the Opposition to point out that the narrative of Tamil Nadu achieving the highest and double-digit growth in the country is false,” said Palaniswami in a statement, explaining that the data had been released in six phases and is subject to change.
Wasting no time, the Stalin-led government boasted that Tamil Nadu had achieved double-digit growth and was the only state in the country to do so. However, it failed to mention the decline in its growth rate during 2022–2023, when it recorded only 6.17%, he said.