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Palaniswami hits TN CM Vijay over office shift, farmers ignored
AIADMK chief Edappadi Palaniswami led a statewide protest on Friday, accusing Tamil Nadu CM Joseph Vijay of focusing on shifting to a modern office while farmers face a water crisis and crop-loan…
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AIADMK chief Edappadi Palaniswami led a statewide protest on Friday, accusing Tamil Nadu CM Joseph Vijay of focusing on shifting to a modern office while farmers face a water crisis and crop-loan burden. Addressing a rally in Thanjavur, Palaniswami said Vijay was ignoring farmers who work in harsh conditions. The protest demanded a full waiver of cooperative crop loans, assured Cauvery water share, and 24-hour power to farmers.
The protest exposed a split among AIADMK rebels. Former ministers P Thangamani, P Balakrishna Reddy, and K C Veeramani joined the agitation as assigned, but deputy general secretaries Natham R Viswanathan and S P Velumani defied party orders and stayed in their home districts of Dindigul and Coimbatore. Viswanathan, Velumani, and K P Anbalagan had earlier backed the TVK government during the floor test on May 13 before reconciling with Palaniswami.
The Indian Opinion
EPS's attack on Vijay's office aesthetics is a classic distraction. Both narratives, that a CM's room matters more than relief, or that a single protest solves farmer distress, miss the point. The real test is the crop-loan waiver quantum in the next budget. Will the TVK government match its manifesto promise, or hide behind procedural delays? That number, not a chair, settles the argument.
Sources (2): hindustantimes.com, thehindu.com
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Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
