Apprise voters of work, promises, 'unholy' DMK-Cong ties: Jaya

AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today exhorted her partymen to explain the development work and welfare schemes of her government, the party's electoral promises including freebies and remind people of the "unholy" alliance between the DMK and Congress.
"I have successfully implemented a host of schemes, both short-term and long-term to benefit all the families in Tamil Nadu," she said in a letter to her party workers.
AIADMK regime had implemented various schemes including freebies like 20 kg rice for ration card holders, mixers, grinders and milch cows and goats. However, several of these schemes had attracted opposition flak with allegations of corruption.

Highlighting her regime's performance she cited "achievements" like creation of 1.5 crore new job opportunities and setting up of the "highest number" of small and micro industries in India.
"Tamil Nadu people are living happily, protected by rule of law," she said.
On the AIADMK manifesto, she reiterated that women would get 50 per cent subsidy for buying scooters or mopeds, waiver of farm loans, 100 units power free of cost, increasing allocation of gold (four to eight grams of gold) under 'Thallikku Thangam Scheme' (Gold for Mangalsutra Scheme).

Referring to the DMK-Congress alliance as "unholy," she asked her party workers to tell voters that this combine would jeopardies the efforts of Tamil people who are striving hard to win back their rights in Sri Lanka.

Hitting out at DMK, she said "remind voters that if the poison tree of family politics is going to strengthen itself, it will be dangerous for individual freedom and also tell them how all industrial ventures went into the control of one family till 2011."
Alleging that DMK planned to cancel popular AIADMK schemes
like Annadanam in temples and shut down Amma Canteens, Jayalalithaa said: "Every vote for DMK-Congress alliance is against your own welfare."
She said DMK had not promised any pro-poor measures in its election manifesto while her party has assured a slew of them to ensure public welfare.

Jayalalithaa, recalling her earlier government doing away with entrance test for medical courses in 2005 by way of a legalisation, promised that admission to MBBS and BDS will be done without entrance test if her party was given the popular mandate once again.
"If required, we will enact a legislation for this purpose," she said.
She criticised Karunanidhi for not doing anything for the withdrawal of the 2010 IMA notification making entrance test mandatory for medical courses, or at least seek exemption for Tamil Nadu.
She recalled that the UPA government was in power at the Centre and DMK, its constituent, was the ruling party in Tamil Nadu.

Hitting out at Karunanidhi for his remarks that the AIADMK manifesto was aimed at "fooling" people, Jayalalithaa said all the promises, including freebies, were aimed at the overall welfare of people and uplift of the poor and downtrodden.
In fact, the DMK manifesto had no such pro-poor promises, she said, adding Karunanidhi, despite being a five-time Chief Minister, had failed to implement schemes like free milch animals.
Jayalalithaa, addressed as 'Amma' (mother) by supporters, said that as a "mother", she was aware of what to give to the people of the state and said that while she had implemented all promises made in the 2011 poll manifesto, she had even come out with schemes not mentioned then.

Price-mitigation schemes and others like Amma Water, Amma Salt and Amma Cement were some of these, she said, adding, such a kind of "spring" will continue if the voters elected her party candidates in the hustings.