Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday launched a scathing attack on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin’s party DMK, saying it crossed all limits of corruption in the last four years of its tenure. Addressing a rally in Madurai on Sunday, Shah also vowed that the BJP is going to form a government in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu in 2026.
“The DMK government in Tamil Nadu has crossed all limits of corruption. They committed a huge scam by handing over the Rs 450 crore nutrition kits provided by the Central government to a private company, and deprived the poor of food,” Shah alleged while addressing party workers.
He also claimed that the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government also committed a sand mining scam to the tune of Rs 4,600 crore, causing poor people of the state to buy sand at inflated prices just to help the ruling party to mint money.
The home minister also raked up the alleged Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) scam, claiming it cost the state exchequer Rs 39,000 crore, which could otherwise be used to build two extra rooms in every school in Tamil Nadu.
However, last month, the Supreme Court halted Enforcement Directorate proceedings into the case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, after hearing a plea by the Tamil Nadu government, who said it was an overreach of the central agency’s powers and a violation of the Constitution.
“I have a long list of scams committed by the MK Stalin government, but I don’t want to waste time elaborating on each one of them,” Shah added.
Amit Shah also attacked the DMK government over last year’s Kallakurichi hooch tragedy, which claimed the lives of over 60 people, alleging that their corruption resulted in the catastrophe.
VOWS TO FORM GOVERNMENT IN TAMIL NADU, BENGAL
Riding high on confidence on the back of the BJP’s recent election wins in Odisha, Haryana, Maharashtra and Delhi, Amit Shah vowed the saffron party will also be successful in defeating their rivals in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal next year, and form government.
“The NDA alliance of the BJP and the AIADMK is going to form a government in Tamil Nadu next year. I understand the pulse of the people and can say that the people of Tamil Nadu will dethrone the DMK in the next elections,” Shah exuded confidence.
The former BJP president also attacked the Stalin government, accusing it of not having fulfilled 60 per cent of their poll promises. “Mr Stalin, I dare you to tell people how many promises you made in your poll manifesto in the last elections you have fulfilled”.
