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People in state preparing to bring a change in regime: Stalin

Tiruvarur: DMK president M K Stalin on Monday said that people are preparing to “bring about a change in regime” in Tamil Nadu. When DMK comes to power, the problems which have been faced by people from all walks of life, including farmers and self-help groups, will be solved, Stalin said. Addressing the people’s grama sabha meeting held at Avalivanallur village near Nannilam in Tiruvarur district here on Monday, Stalin assured that once the DMK assumes power, a separate committee would be formed for monitoring and taking care of the women’s self-help groups, responding to a complaint from woman, who said no banker was coming forward to give her a loan.Stalin also listed out various women-centric welfare schemes that were implemented by the DMK regime for the empowerment of women in the state.When a farmer cited his ordeal in getting a crop loan from the primary agriculture credit cooperative societies in the AIADMK regime, Stalin said it was the DMK that always supported the farmers, while referring to the free power introduced to farmers by former chief minister M Karunanidhi. “Soon after assuming power as chief minister for a fifth term, Karunanidhi signed an order cancelling entire crop loans to the tune of Rs 7,000 crore. Compared with farmers affiliated to the DMK, those with the AIADMK benefitted a lot by the order,” he claimed.Referring to chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami’s claim that he too is a farmer, Stalin said that he has been denigrating the farmers. Despite severe cold in Delhi, thousands of farmers have come out as a family and are protesting against the three farm laws, he said.But Palaniswami, who calls himself as a farmer, has not even convened the state assembly and pass a resolution against the farm laws like several other states have done, he said.“I demanded the government to disburse Rs 30,000 per acre for crop losses due to the recent cyclones to farmers. But, the chief minister calls himself a farmer after announcing just Rs 20,000 for 2.5 acres as input subsidy,” Stalin said.Stalin also hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not keeping his promises such as depositing Rs 15 lakh to each individual’s bank accounts and providing jobs to two crore youths yearly.Stalin also came down heavily on food minister R Kamaraj for alleged corruption in his department. Illegal sand mining is rampant in the region and an AIADMK functionary is behind it, he said.

The Times of India

2021-01-05

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