Vidiyal Payanam: Stalin gets first-hand feedback

Under Dravidian model, there is no poverty, no starvation deaths and no violence. he says

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @Chennai

CHIEF Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday took pride in saying that the 'Dravidian model' government led by him has succeeded in ensuring a Tamil Nadu where regressive factors like communal riots, violence, starvation deaths, poverty, and others have vanished.

The CM said this while addressing a government function to commemorate the completion of four years in office by the DMK government.

Stating that he has lived up to the confidence reposed in him by the people during the past four years, Stalin said, "If I were to give a list of what is not present under the Dravidian model of governance, they are: there is no poverty, no deaths due to starvation, no inflation, no major caste-based conflicts, no communal riots, and no violence. In short, we have succeeded in ensuring a Tamil Nadu free of these regressive factors that hold society back."

Stalin recalled that when the DMK government assumed office, he named it as 'vidiyal aatchi' (dawn of a new governance) since Tamil Nadu was "pushed to the ground for 10 years by a group that lacked dignity".