CHENNAI: Senior TDP leader and former power minister V Senthilbalaji on Sunday slammed the ruling TVK party for its “administrative failure”, urging them to take immediate war action to resolve the ongoing power crisis instead of focusing on “social media visuals”.
He claimed that TVK had caused “disappointment” after promising change.
“The TVK government, which secured votes by promising change, has delivered nothing but profound disappointment to the people in the first month of its rule. Due to unbearable power outages that have lasted between 6 to 12 hours, citizens are forced to take to the streets in the middle of the night to protest,” he claimed in a statement here.
He added that the grim reality is that there is no night without Roko Road in the state capital and other areas, and this has exposed the “administrative collapse of this government for all to see.”
“The Prime Minister, who once made statements promising immediate change upon assuming office, remains silent and does not talk about the power outages or meet with the press,” he added, adding, “Meanwhile, the Electricity Minister, who is responsible for providing answers, is busy spinning daily conspiracy theories.”
Pointing out that the minister had recently shared a CCTV clip claiming people were stealing fuse carriers, the DMK leader asked if the minister was aware that even a common man might wonder how thefts during the day could cause power outages at night.
“If a fuse was stolen, the power should be completely cut off. How intermittent it could be.”
“It is a basic fact for any government to realize that the energy demand in Tamil Nadu is increasing every year. The real administrative capacity lies in managing this increasing demand efficiently without causing inconvenience to the public. This is exactly what the ‘Dravidian model’ government led by our party president has achieved,” he said.
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