With two days to go for the Tamil Nadu State Assembly polls, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has stopped the distribution of its election manifesto, reports Dinamalar.
The DMK faced public criticism and massive opposition after the party promised a scheme to promote social engineering by sponsoring inter-caste marriages. In its manifesto, the DMK said that if voted to power, the party would launch a government scheme whereby inter-caste couples would receive financial assistance of ₹60,000 and a gold coin weighing 1 sovereign (roughly 8 grams).
Faced with a vigorous online campaign waged by netizens against the DMK manifesto and its promise to financially support social engineering schemes with taxpayer money, the DMK has now restricted the distribution of its manifesto. The party’s district offices across the state have been instructed to bundle up the manifestos and not give them to voters.
The announcement in the manifesto had earlier been criticised by the Tamil Nadu Brahmin Association. The Association had also accused the DMK of instigating violence against Brahmins. Recently, the head of the DMK’s IT Wing had also engaged in a Brahmin-bashing rant on Twitter.
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