Sunday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK leader and Jayalalithaa said that she will keep her promises made in her party’s election manifesto and would positively bring on them if returned to power.
Ms. Jayalalithaa pointed out that Mr. Karunanidhi while addressing public meeting and said that the AIADMK election manifesto was an attempt to fool the people while his son M.K. Stalin goes around the town claiming that it was a photo copy of the DMK programmes.
Chief Minister stated, “Let them reconcile their contradictions first and then let them comment on our promises,”
Referring to the DMDK-PWF-TMC combine and the PMK, Ms. Jayalalithaa noted “They initially alleged that I delayed the release of the document due to fear of other parties. After the manifesto was released, they were saying that the schemes were not feasible and could not be implemented.
“I will think numerous times before I give my word. And when I promise something, I will stand by it till the very end and you all know that well. I will implement what all I have promised in the AIADMK election manifesto,” Ms. Jayalalithaa thundered.
In 1970, as Chief Minister he allowed Karnataka to construct dams across the river. In 1971, a suit was filed by the State in Supreme Court on the Cauvery water sharing issue. For his personal gains, Mr. Karunanidhi withdrew the case under pressure from Indira Gandhi, Ms. Jayalalithaa said.