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“Did we give a date for fulfilling promises?” DMK Fin Min PTR on not reducing fuel prices

June 20, 2021
The Commune

In yet another U-Turn made by the DMK government, the ‘accomplished’ Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiagarajan on Sunday (June 20) announced that it is not possible to cut the petrol and diesel price, something the DMK had promised in its manifesto.

Speaking to reporters, Palanivel Thiagarajan said that it was impossible to reduce VAT on petrol and dieses prices given the current situation. He went on to shift the blame on the Central government saying that the state was not get its share of revenue as the Centre is levying cess.

He gave an astounding justification for the DMK government in not reducing the VAT saying that doing so might be seen as supportive of the Central government’s move which would be an injustice to Tamil Nadu people.

When one of the reporters pointed out that reduction of petrol and diesel prices by 5 and 4 rupees respectively, the Finance Minister got agitated and responded angrily saying “Have they put any date on fulfilling the promise?”.

This has triggered a storm on social media with the opposition and other critics of the DMK lashing out at the Finance Minister for his arrogance and for cheating the public in the name of empty promises.

Some of the netizens started putting their creativity to use coming out with memes and oneliners taking a dig at the DMK and the ‘accomplished’ Finance Minister. The hashtag #தேதிபோட்டாங்களா is now trending on Twitter in light of the Finance Minister’s comment.