Yet again, Puthiya Thalaimurai’s “journalist” Niranjan Kumar has the spotlight on him for peddling misinformation – one more time.
This time he trains his guns on none other than Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself. In a post on his X handle amidst the ongoing ruckus being created by the I.N.D.I.Alliance partners concerning the central government “looting tax revenue” from states, he wrote quoting DMK Minister PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan at Delhi Jantar Mantar protest, “There was a Chief Minister in India. He said that the central government is severely deceiving them and talked about the federal philosophy from side to side. He said that they are taking the tax money of our state and diverting it to some states: He is none other than the then Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi, who is now the Prime Minister.”
However, his propaganda was soon busted. It is to be noted that after PM Narendra Modi assumed the PM post, he increased the allocation of funds to states. from 32% to 42%. Further, he reduced the weightage of the population in the tax distribution criteria from 27.5% to 15%.
Additionally, the funds available to states in the UPA regime (2004-14) was ₹30 lakh crore but from 2014-2023, this fund has increased to over ₹100 lakh crores.
Also, the tax sharing and assistance received by Tamil Nadu excluding NH, Ports, Railways, Railways, other Infra in the UPA regime (2004-14) was ₹1,52,921 crores. In the Modi regime (2014-23), it has increased to ₹5,08,337 crores.
Tamil Nadu has also received ₹10.76 lakh crores of funds, projects, and grants in the past 9 years under the Modi government.
உனக்கு அறிவு இல்ல, இருந்தா நீ ஏன் திமுகவுக்கு சொம்பு தூக்க போற?
அந்த முதல்வர் பிரதமரான பின்
மாநிலங்களுக்கு வழங்கும் நிதி பகிர்வை 32 சதவீதத்தில் இருந்து 42 சதவீதம் ஆக்கினார்
வரி பகிர்வு criteriaவில் மக்கள் தொகைக்கு இருந்த weightageஐ 27.5 சதவீதத்தில் இருந்து 15 சதவீமாக… https://t.co/wQRW0aiAAn
— Krishna Kumar Murugan (@ikkmurugan) February 9, 2024
“Journalists” such as Niranjan Kumar parrot the lines of their DMK masters without cross-referencing or fact-checking their claims. This is how false propaganda is furthered by the ruling DMK to hoodwink the public. However, the likes of Niranjan do not realise that in the era of social media and high-speed internet, such lies and false propaganda can be busted in minutes.
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