Former minister Raghupathi said that the by-election has not even been announced yet. They have already started distributing money. Is this what clean governance is? he asked. In a news report released in this regard, ``Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay visited Pudukkottai district. The people of Pudukkottai had been expecting many new schemes. But based on what the astrologer said, instead of using the already arranged large venue, the event was held in the district collectorate office conference hall. At the event too, he left quietly without announcing any new schemes or saying anything. In order to bring students to the Chief Minister’s event, the women’s college semester exam has been postponed.
Next, he went to open the new bus stand. People eagerly expected that buses would be operated on the new routes in a way that would benefit the people of Pudukkottai district. There too, only disappointment remained. Because the Chief Minister was visiting Pudukkottai district, nothing happened except that public money was wasted: Rs. 10 crore was spent to block the public, 45 km of barricades were erected, and a grand pandal was put up at a place where the event did not even take place. So, the Pudukkottai visit was a failed visit.
A by-election is set to be held in Viralimalai in Pudukkottai district. No one yet knows the election date or the candidate. But former minister Vijayabaskar, calling it a Diwali gift, has begun distributing items worth Rs. 2,000 in the first phase to all ration card holders in the Viralimalai constituency, including stainless steel vessels, sweet boxes, and tins of rasgulla. In the so-called clean governance that said it would give nothing to the people, Vijayabaskar is delivering them house by house to all 90,000 ration card holders.
They are giving cash to others. In anticipation of the election, the distribution has already begun. We have yet to see how many more crores they are going to pour in there. As the saying goes, one dish of rice is enough to judge the whole pot. That is why I am obliged to cite Viralimalai here as an example for you.
This government is stumbling, unable to control the rise in prices. People are suffering from the increase in electricity charges, milk shortages, and even when milk is available, its price has gone up. Ahead of Diwali, the prices of everything have risen. People have neither purchasing power nor happiness. But last year, the public celebrated Diwali joyfully.
When the Chief Minister is coming to inaugurate a building, that is a scheme brought in by our Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin under the Dravidian model government. In order to celebrate that joy, we arranged to distribute sweets in front of the DMK office. But the police snatched them away and took them. That is the kind of terrible situation that continues in Pudukkottai district," he has noted.