AIADMK, BJP protest DMK government’s move to raise power tariff

Spearheading the first protest against the government on increase in property tax and electricity tariff after he took over as AIADMK interim general secretary, Edappadi K Palaniswami on Wednesday tore into the ruling DMK for “going back” on poll promises and “foisting false cases” against his party functionaries.

Addressing the protest rally near Chennai District Collectorate in Broadway, Palaniswami said Chief Minister M K Stalin should remember that people voted his party to “do good for the people” and not to “target political opponents”, referring to corruption cases being filed by the DVAC against former AIADMK ministers. The state government has also moved the Supreme Court seeking an early hearing of a case against Palaniswami.