A day before Tamil Nadu goes to polls, Union minister Prakash Javadekar today asked voters to "punish" both AIADMK and DMK, alleging that they were indulging in "corruption" and "insulting" people by offering them freebies.
He said both AIADMK and DMK have "failed" the state and it its people over the last 50 years and and it is time to bring in change.
"Tomorrow Tamil Nadu voters are going to decide the future for the next five years. My appeal to voters is to vote 100 per cent. My second appeal is that it is time to punish both parties - AIADMK and DMK because of their corruption.
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"It is the time to punish for taking voters for a ride, for insulting them by offering freebies. Are voters beggars? It is time to punish them for not creating jobs, for abject neglect of irrigation for over 50 years, and for promoting sand mafia. This is a time to change," Javadekar said.
Javadekar said, "I will ask people to vote for a new beginning. I have seen in extensive public campaigns. There is aspiration, people want life of dignity, self-respect and not freebies. Both Dravidian parties have demoralised people by distributing freebies and bribing. Therefore our appeal is to start a new beginning and vote for BJP," he said.
Tamil Nadu is witnessing a multi-cornered contest with AIADMK, DMK-Congress, PWF-DMDK-TMC combine, BJP-led alliance and PMK in the fray.
More than 5.79 crore voters in 234 Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu will decide the fate of 3,776 aspirants, including four chief ministerial candidates - incumbent J Jayalalithaa of AIADMK, DMK's M Karunanidhi, DMDK's Vijayakant and Anbumani Ramadoss of PMK.
Campaigning in the state ended on Saturday for May 16 Assembly polls, bringing the curtain down on the gruelling two-month-long exercise.
