Tiruchy: The Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Saturday assured the people that her government would implement more welfare measures for them if voted to power again.
Seeking votes for the party’s 67 candidates from Tiruchy, Karur, Pudukkottai, Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai and Villupuram districts at a mammoth election meeting here, she claimed that all her promises made in the 2011 Assembly elections had been implemented. Besides this, her government was implementing several unannounced schemes like Amma Unavagam.
She charged the DMK with not fulfilling several promises the party made during the 2006 elections. Film actor Nameetha joined the AIADMK today in the presence of Jayalalithaa.
The AIADMK leader said her government was making all efforts to improve the farming sector as well food production in the State by implementing the second green revolution and renovating water bodies.
The World Bank had agreed to extend financial assistance for '2,950 crore for renovating water bodies in the State. Food production which was 75.95 lakh tonnes during 2010-2011, went up to 1.27 crore tonnes in 2014-15, registering an increase of 68.46 per cent.
She also accused the DMK of making a false propaganda against the AIADMK, especially with regard to figures of suicides by farmers and said 1060 farmers committed suicide during 2009, and it was 541 in 2010.
It was 68 in 2014, and this too was due to domestic quarrel, she claimed.
She said the DMK knew well it would not win even a single constituency in coming elections. The AIADMK will sweep all 234 constituencies. The DMK also knew it cannot finish even second place in the coming election. Hence, the opposition party was spreading a false propaganda and enacted dramas ; but the people will dismiss such attempts. Jayalalithaa appealed to the Election Commission to take suitable action against DMK for such “fraudulent and cheating activities.”
It was because of DMK’s attitude that Sri Lankan Tamils were still suffering. The AIADMK government made all out efforts to safeguard the interests of the island Tamils. The DMK has no idea of introducing total prohibition, she said.
