At a time when the Wuhan Virus cases that is getting reported has been showing signs of flattening, the Tamil Nadu government to prevent its spread in villages ordered for the cancellation of gram sabha meeting to be held on Gandhi Jayanti.
However, despite the Tamil Nadu government’s curb, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in many places flouted the government’s order with the party chief MK Stalin, DMK MP Kanimozhi, the party’s general secretary Duraimurugan and other MLAs, MPs and office bearers holding gram sabha meetings at various places.
In many places, people turned up in very few numbers with empty chairs strewn around. In order to ensure that the chairs are filled, the DMK resorted to enticing poor people with money to turn up to these gram sabha meetings.
In light of this, Aruppukottai MLA K.K.S.S.R Ramachandran had made arrangements for the gram sabha meeting in his constituency. In order to bring in crowd, the DMK MLA had doled out cash to women members of the household in the area. The video of cash distribution has been going viral.
The AIADMK launched a scathing attack on the DMK for putting people’s lives at risk and also for using people’s poverty and enticing them with cash.