Kanchipuram MLA Ezhilarasan who is also the member of the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) visited Kizhapathirpur village in his constituency to inaugurate a Fair Price Shop building there. Upon learning of his presence, he was soon surrounded by several women from the village and women who were part of the MNREGA 100-day job scheme made one specific complaint – that they did not receive the promised ₹1000 under the Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thogai Thittam.
The Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thogai Thittam was one of the poll promises of the DMK where women were eligible for ₹1000 each month. However, the eligibility came with several conditions. The scheme was launched in September 2023, two years after the DMK came to power in the state.
The state claimed that more than 1 crore women who were eligible for the scheme were identified and narrowed down from the applications received. However, many of those who received seemed the money to be members of the DMK themselves. There were several complaints that women did not receive the promised ₹1000. The ones who received the amount were found to be living in big homes complete with LED TVs and refrigerators.
Owing to this, the women questioned the DMK MLA about the ₹1000 and the failure of the government to give it to them. They also shouted at the MLA after a point. The women said they were asking because it was promised to them. The MLA then said, “No it was not promised to everyone”. Angered by the questions raised, Ezhilarasan asked the women around him about the “₹15 lakhs promised by the BJP”. He said, “Ten years ago, he said he will deposit ₹15 lakhs for each household, why didn’t you question him, did you receive the ₹15 lakhs?”
The DMK MLA can be heard hurling expletives on PM Modi.
A woman in the crowed retorted, “If Modi comes here, we will ask him. Since you are here, we are asking about your promise.”
Another old woman in the crowd chipped in complaining about the ₹1000 she did not receive. This time Ezhilarasan started questioning the VAO why the women did not get their money. Someone from the crowd claimed that they received a message that they did not get it because they did not file their taxes. Ezhilarasan asked, “Do these people look like they file IT? Why cannot you research this properly? Strict action will be taken against you. Do you think the government has to answer for your mistakes?,” he thundered.
Deflecting the blame to someone else is something the DMK is known to be good at. When asked about the ₹1000, the MLA shifted the goalpost by talking about the imaginary ₹15 lakhs and then conveniently shifted the blame to the VAO.
People have started questioning DMK's failures and the shameless pig is abusing the PM and trying to divert their inefficiency,
This DMK MLA who is abusing the PM is also the youth wing leader.
.@annamalai_k Sir there must be an end to this 15lacs propaganda pic.twitter.com/jUv6vYWect— Vishwatma 🇮🇳 (@HLKodo) November 1, 2023
This is not the first time that the DMK MLA has resorted to spewing abuses in public.
Earlier in 2021, a video surfaced on social media in which DMK MLA C.V.M.P Ezhilarasan can be heard abusing officials with unparliamentary language.
If the MLA had made "I will slipper you" remark on a government servent then it is highly condemnable. Hope #TGOU takes a note and shall have the spine to fight. @AIADMKOfficial @arivalayam #திமுககேடுதரும் https://t.co/uBtQfNoYGM
— Kovai Sathyan (@KovaiSathyan) October 18, 2021
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