AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief
Minister Jayalalithaa today mounted a scathing attack on the Rangasamy-led AINRC
government in Puducherry for its "failure on various fronts" during the last
five years.
Speaking at an election rally in Puducherry, she said the
administration of Rangasamy-led AINRC, which is a splinter group of Congress,
failed in all the fields as no industrial development had taken place here
during the last five years.
She urged the electorate to ensure that
they cast their votes for AIADMK, which is fielding its candidates in all the 30
assembly segments, so that Puducherry could witness development in all sectors
"on the same lines as Tamil Nadu had achieved" under her
rule.
Jayalalithaa assured the electorate that if voted to power,
AIADMK would strive hard to get full statehood status with fiscal benefits to
Puducherry and get the waiver of the accumulated Central loans of Rs 6,400
crore.
"To achieve this, both the Congress-DMK combine and AINRC
should be defeated in the polls," she said.
Jayalalithaa alleged that
Rangasamy had committed a "serious breach of trust when he buried the ethics of
alliance" in 2011.
"AIADMK and AINRC joined hands to contest the
polls in 2011 and as per my appeal, the electorate here had given the verdict
then to the combine. But when there was short of majority, Rangasamy formed the
government with the support of an Independent.
"He had committed the
breach of trust while forming the government," she said.
She also
assured to reopen the AFT and a few other textile mills here and hold civic
polls with 50 per cent reservation for women in the decision making
positions.
Jayalalithaa also promised that AIADMK would bring in a
new industrial policy for Puducherry and evolve schemes for industrial
development of Karaikal.
She introduced all the 30 candidates of the
party at the meeting.
