The continuous and repeated electoral debacles in Tamil Nadu had not taught any lessons to the Union Government that was still neglecting the State by not acceding to its major demands like sanctioning funds for the Metro Rail project and also not devising any scheme for the State in the past 10 years, Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Thursday. Launching the second phase of the ‘Makkaludan Mudhalvar’ (Chief Minister with the people) scheme at Palayamputhur in Dharmapuri district, Stalin said his demand to the Union Government, on behalf of the people of the State, was that it should transcend beyond its political likes and dislikes and treat all States and people equally providing what was due to them. The DMK was with the people and the people were with the DMK which explained the repeated electoral triumphs of the party, he said and vowed to transform the State that was already the number one in the country into a wonderful, magnificent State, he said.
Under the ‘Chief Minister with the People’ scheme, whose first phase was launched on February 18, 2023, at Coimbatore, 66,25,304 grievances, related to 13 government departments, raised by people in urban areas were looked into and the testimonials had praised the government glowingly for the addressing their problems, he said. In the second phase that was launched on Thursday, the problems of people in rural areas connected with 15 departments would be looked into. Stalin, besides inaugurating the second phase and s.
