Increase the Pongal gift quantity: CPI(M) leader
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CPI(M) State secretary K. Balakrishnan on Wednesday urged Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami to extend the Pongal gift quantity to ₹5,000.
The opposition events had, on a number of events, urged the authorities to supply ₹5,000 monthly to the economically weaker sections throughout the pandemic, however the AIADMK remained silent since final April, he informed presspersons right here.
Since the Assembly election was approaching, the authorities had introduced ₹2,500 to ration cardholders underneath the guise of a Pongal gift, he added. “This is nothing but a clear case of cheating the people. Even now, the Chief Minister has not come forward to give ₹5,000,” he stated, urging the authorities to present one other ₹2,500.
The individuals are intelligent and can’t be taken with no consideration by the AIADMK, he stated, including added that simply by giving ₹2,500, the AIADMK can not set proper its wrongs. The corrupt authorities would final only for one other 100 days. The “beginning of the end” for the AIADMK had began, he famous.
Continuous rainfall throughout numerous districts in the State, together with Cuddalore, Tirunelveli, Ramanathapuram and in the delta area, had resulted in round three lakh hectares being submerged underneath water. Though a Central workforce had visited the areas, there had not been any tangible reduction given, he stated. The State authorities, too, had not raised the problem with the Centre. The farmers had been reeling underneath extreme losses. The State authorities ought to give ₹30,000 per acre as compensation instantly, Mr. Balakrishnan added.
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