Stalin takes State into debt trap, makes lip-service to social justice: Annamalai
CHENNAI: The State unit BJP president K Annamalai hit the campaign trail on Friday with a blistering attack on Chief Minister MK Stalin, alleging that the DMK government has taken the exchequer into a debt trap availing a loan of Rs 3.5 lakh crore within a short span of 33 month tenure.
Annamalai contrasted it with the Centre and claimed at a campaign in north Chennai that Modi had advanced India from 11th place to 5th place in the economy, in the 10-year regime. The BJP leader said DMK leaders grew at the cost of the public. “If there is one family that exists to deceive people, it is the Gopalapuram family,” he launched a scathing attack.
Launching his poll campaign at Sriperumbudur canvassing for Tamil Maanila Congress (M) candidate VN Venugopal, Annamalai said, “DMK’s grand achievement is that it has promoted the state from the 3rd place to the first place in borrowing.”
Slamming the ruling DMK government, the saffron party leader said the DMK’s achievement is to destroy people’s livelihood. “They are against farmers by imposing the Goondas Act on those who fought against a proposed SIPCOT land acquisition,” he said “Stalin has not fulfilled even 20 of the promises he made in his 2021 manifesto,” he said. Annamalai also criticised the ruling DMK government on the social justice front saying that Modi stood for the ethos of it while DMK plays merely with words. “Modi gives due representation to everyone in the Cabinet and shows social justice in action,” Annamalai said.
Taking a dig at the Dravidian majors, the IPS officer-turned-politician said, “The DMK is campaigning as if this is an Assembly elections and AIADMK is campaigning it is a local body poll. The AIADMK says that they are contesting the polls to put pressure on the Centre, but we are the ones who will be part of the Union government.”
The BJP state president slammed the DMK candidate for Sriperumbudur and a sitting MP, TR Baalu, over corruption charges. In 2024 TR Baalu’s wife’s wealth increased by 350 per cent as compared to 2019, he alleged.
“In all 39 Lok Sabha constituencies, the NDA candidates will win,” Annamalai added. He campaigned for Tiruvallur BJP candidate Pon V Balaganapathy, Chennai North BJP candidate RC Paul Kanagaraj, Chennai Central BJP candidate Vinoj P Selvam and Chennai South BJP candidate Tamilisai Soundararajan on Friday.
DMK’s grand achievement is that it has promoted the state from the 3rd place to the first place in borrowing
K Annamalai,
BJP state unit president