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Palaniswami slams TN CM Vijay over office shift, farmers ignored
AIADMK chief Edappadi Palaniswami on Friday attacked Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay for moving his office to a modern room while farmers struggle. Hindustan Times reports that Palaniswami said Vijay…
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AIADMK chief Edappadi Palaniswami on Friday attacked Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay for moving his office to a modern room while farmers struggle. Hindustan Times reports that Palaniswami said Vijay should have used the historic chamber at Fort St George where previous chief ministers worked. He accused the government of ignoring the plight of farmers and demanded a complete waiver of crop loans.
The protest, held across Tamil Nadu, also aimed to condemn the state’s alleged failure to secure its Cauvery water share. However, rebel AIADMK MLAs S P Velumani and Natham R Viswanathan skipped the agitation, objecting to being assigned protests outside their home districts. They had earlier defied the party to support the TVK government during a floor test.
The Indian Opinion
The ruling TVK is accused of prioritising office aesthetics over farmers, but AIADMK’s critique rings hollow when its own MLAs skip protests over internal turf wars. The loan waiver demand is a perennial election plank, not a sudden crisis. The real test is whether the six rebels who defected to TVK will be followed by more, or if Palaniswami can discipline his party first.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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