Madurai: Former Minister of Tamil Nadu’s minister and leader from the opposition Edappadi K Palaniswami has accused the DMK government to try to take credit for projects initiated by the AIDMK government.
His statement came on the night of the dedication of 11 government medical college hospitals in Tamil Nadu by Prime Minister Narendra Modi through video conferencing on Wednesday.
Palaniswami said that the AIADMK government had obtained permission from the center to establish a new government medical college hospital in the state.
“The government tries to attach its stickers to this and take credit to build it.
We strongly condemn it.
The government (DMK) must stop naming others after them,” said EPS in a statement on Tuesday.
EPS said that permission for medical colleges in Virudhunagar, Dindigul, Namakkal, Nilgiris, Tirupur, Tiruvalur, Nagapattinam, Kallakurichi, Ariyalur, Ramanathapuram and Krishnagiri were given in one year.
Himself like CM and other ministers lay the foundation stone for these universities along with the Minister of Health and family welfare.
This new medical school has created 1,450 medical seats and 109 government school students will be registered with these universities under a 7.5% reservation introduced by the AIDMK government.
He thanked the Union Government and PM to sanction this college and ongoing allotment of the central contribution to these projects during the AIDMK regime.
EPS expressed happiness for the inauguration of all this medical college by PM.
Stated that Tamil Nadu was ranked second among larger countries in the State Health Index for 2019-20 in the overall ranking based on the composite index and also pocketed six prizes under the Ministry of Jal Shakti in 2020, he accused the current government award For the same and for their new project.