Key Highlights
- Murugan on Sunday alleged that the DMK had made several promises in the run-up to the 2021 Assembly election, but failed to fulfil them while in power.
- He told journalists in Chennai that the DMK government had not addressed the demands of nurses, teachers, and sanitation workers, who had been protesting for the past few days.
- In its 2021 election manifesto, the DMK had promised to increase the minimum guaranteed working days under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme from 100 to 150.
- However, when the BJP-led government at the Centre replaced it with the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G), which provides for 125 days of work, the DMK opposed it, he said.
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