CHENNAI: BJP’s Tamil Nadu election in-charge Piyush Goyal released a “chargesheet” accusing the DMK government of systemic corruption, financial mismanagement, and harbouring an explicit anti-Hindu bias.
The BJP also accused the state government of illegal sand mining and deep-rooted graft across departments.
Unveiled at the BJP state headquarters in Chennai on March 31, the chargesheet alleged “massive irregularities” in the DMK regime, including over Rs 1 lakh crore in state liquor marketing operations, thousands of crores in highway tenders, and widespread municipal scams.
The document claimed the financial health of the state has collapsed, with the total debt burden surging past Rs 10 lakh crore.
It accused Chief Minister M. K. Stalin’s administration of systemic corruption and financial mismanagement.
Challenging the ruling party on its electoral pledges, the BJP asserted that the government failed to fulfil over 70% of its promises.
It claimed the administration abandoned commitments to reduce fuel prices, provide cooking gas subsidies, and cancel the NEET examination.
The BJP further accused the government of betraying women by scrapping popular welfare schemes introduced during the previous regime, such as gold for marriage and subsidised two-wheelers.
A significant portion of the charges targeted the ruling alliance for what it termed an anti-Hindu ideology.
The document compiled quotes attributed to prominent leaders, alleging a sustained campaign to insult the faith of the majority, including references to remarks on Sanatana Dharma and Hindu deities.
Additionally, it alleged failures in social justice, citing an increase in crimes against Scheduled Castes and highlighting delays in the investigation into the Vengaivayal incident of December 2022, where residents alleged that human faeces had been dumped into an overhead drinking water tank supplying a Dalit neighbourhood.
