more-in Condemning the Edappadi K Palaniswami government for its anti-people measures by rising sugar price to ? 25 a kg, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam cadre staged a demonstration in front of the 1140 Public Distribution System (PDS) outlets across the city and district on Wednesday. Led by G. Thalapathi, urban secretary, Sedapatti M. Manimaran and P. Moorthy in the rural pockets, MLA P.T.R. Palanivel Thiagarajan said that the people would punish the AIADMK for its misdeeds in the next elections. The AIADMK government was more busy with infighting and had forgotten the people’s problems for long time ago. The finance of the government was in bad shape and many essentials were not available in ration shops, Mr. Thiagarajan said and added that the hardship of the ordinary man was mounting everyday. The government said that it increased the sugar price as the Union Government had withdrawn the subsidy. It was absurd, misleading, other speakers said and blamed the AIADMK for the issue. Women cadre said that ration shops, which were run on part-time basis in suburban areas, used to remain closed for many days in a month. Though officials said that stock of all essentials should be displayed for card holders, this was not done and salesmen of many outlets said that there was no stock so that they had not opened the shops.

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