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Speaking about the family of former Union Finance Minister and Sivaganga MP, P Chidambaram, Annamalai said that it would be hard to find any other family in which three persons have been raided by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for three different scams, i.e., INX Media, visas to Chinese nationals and the Saradha chit fund scam.
Criticising the DMK, he said that if it had undertaken the padayatra, its name would have been, ‘En Magan, En Peran’, i.e., ‘My Son, My Grandson’, instead of the BJP’s ‘En Mann, En Makkal’ (My Land, My People).
Calling it a corrupt government, he referred to the alleged audio tape of former Finance minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan (PTR), in which the voice says that the Chief Minister’s son and son-in-law had amassed Rs 30000 crore in the last two years.
Annamalai said that the audio tape was genuine and that is why PTR’s portfolio was changed.
Further, he stated that the much touted Dravidian Model is the one that had made Tamil Nadu as the state with the highest debt in the country, while the Gujarat Model had a revenue surplus.
“Tamil Nadu has a debt of Rs 7.53 lakh crore. Each person in the state has a debt of Rs 3.52 lakh. If you do not go for new debt, it will 27 years to repay it. Every child born also has this debt. Children in Gujarat are born with a surplus of Rs 7500.”
After the Pudukkottai leg, the padayatra would enter Madurai district, where interactions have been planned in Melur, Sholavandhan, Madurai city, Thiruparankundram and Thirumangalam. A public meeting is scheduled in Madurai city on 7 August.
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