The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Tuesday released their election manifestos in which both parties promised to release Rajiv Gandhi case convicts and scrap National Eligibility-Cum-Entrance Test (NEET) examinations for medical admissions in Tamil Nadu.
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The AIADMK also promised Rs 1,500 per month to families under Amma National Poverty Eradication Initiative. Releasing the manifesto, AIADMK coordinator and Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam said the party would ‘vigorously pursue’ the Amma National Poverty Eradication Initiative (ANPEI). On the other hand, the DMK assured to waive all education loans and ushering in quota in the private sector in Tamil Nadu.
‘The NEET for medical admissions will be scrapped,’ DMK chief M K Stalin said while unveiling his party’s manifesto.
Against the background of agitations by state government employees seeking reversion to the old pension scheme in place of the newly-introduced contributory scheme, the DMK chief said: “We will bring back the old pension scheme for both the central and state government employees.”
Another key feature of the manifesto is doing away with the direct cash transfer of subsidy for the LPG and bringing down the prices of cylinders.
AIADMK announced eradication of poverty, upgradation of skills of Indian youth for new employment opportunities. The manifesto also assured to urge the Government of India to implement the Cauvery-Godavari river linkage project.
The DMK is contesting 20 seats in the state, allotting the remaining 19 to its allies.
The state goes to polls in a single phase on April 18.
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