This polling season is all about allegations and counter allegations and the release of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) manifesto today was not without any drama. The party leadership alleged that the DMK has lifted ideas from its draft manifesto released in September last year.
PMK founder S Ramadoss alleged that the DMK, that had released its manifesto on 10 April, has lifted “42 schemes” from its earlier version.
Ramadoss' son and party's Chief Ministerial candidate Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss remarked that the first part of the manifesto (the draft), was released last year, the second one in Anna Arivalayam (DMK headquarters) last week, and the final part of the manifesto was released today."
The highlights of the PMK manifesto are as follows:
State assembly polls in the state are due on 16 May.