Villupuram (Tamil Nadu), Jul 11 (PTI) AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Friday announced that he would ensure a monthly assistance of Rs 1,500 to women heads of households, if his party was elected to power in 2026 Assembly poll.
Asserting that there was no change in his stance of providing the monthly aid to the women in the state, he said along with this assurance, the AIADMK would fulfill all the requirements of the people.
“You desired for Rs 1,000 promised by the DMK and made it win the 2021 election and in the process lost a monthly grant of Rs 1,500 promised by the AIADMK then. You will surely get this sum if the AIADMK is voted to power this time,” the former Chief Minister said addressing a massive gathering here during his roadshow.
The sum would definitely be satisfactory to the underprivileged women and women heads of households, he added.
When he urged the people, especially the poor and all those reeling under the series of taxes imposed by the DMK regime, to unite and dislodge the family rule of the DMK, a woman in the crowd asked “when will you come to power anna (elder brother)”. “Very soon,” Palaniswami replied with a smile on his face.
He flayed the ruling dispensation for raking up the delimitation exercise issue as it “lost the people's support.”
“Ours will be a government for the people. We are for the people,” the AIADMK general secretary said as the party cadres cheered enthusiastically. He later wound up the speech by saying “bye, bye Stalin.”