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Making a clearly effort to wash off the 2G stain, DMK, the party that showed the way in populist measures, has released an even more populist manifesto. If it was the Re 1 rice and the free colour television scheme in 2006, this time the DMK has promises to all sections of society."its better than the last manifesto, which was already very good and this time the manifesto really covers an entire span of people to the marginalized to the under-privileged to the senior citizens to women and education...It covers everything we are concerned about," said DMK leader Kanimozhi.Observers believe the DMK will do well in rural areas since it delivered by and large, on the promises in made last time round. Among the promises in the manifesto, all first-generation students belonging to the Backward Class (BC), MBC, SC and ST communities will get free laptops in the first year of their graduation.
While all ration holders will have the option of receiving either wet grinders or mixers, all BPL families will get up to 35 kg of rice free every month.
Also, loan assistance to women self groups increased will be increased from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 4 lakh - with a subsidy of Rs 2 lakh for self help groups.
Dialysis facilities will also be made free for the poor with kidney ailments in all government hospitals.
It's a clever tactic that has worked very well for the DMK in the past. But, can the promise of populism beat the tag of corruption? That's the question the DMK's campaign will raise.


Source: ibnlive