With Amma in hospital, AIADMK banks on her schemes in bypolls
November 08, 2016  18:06
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All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam supremo Jayalalithaa may be out of action being hospitalised but the Amma brand is the centrepiece of the ruling partys campaign in the November 19 polls to three assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Forced to face the polls with the chief minister remaining in hospital for more than a month now, the AIADMK is depending on the slew of welfare schemes launched by her to woo the voters of Aravakkurichi, Thanjavur and Thirupparankundram segments as it seeks to maintain its winning streak.

Jayalalithaa, who guided her party to record back-to-back assembly poll victories in the state besides the sweep in 2014 Lok Sabha elections, is being treated at the Apollo Hospital in Chennai since her admission on September 22 last.

In contrast, the principal opposition Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is targeting the government for being in a limbo on several issues including problems faced by Cauvery delta farmers.

Besides local issues, the recent deaths of two farmers, who had allegedly faced crop failures, in Thiruvarur district, insufficient Cauvery water in the delta region for Samba paddy crop, non-payment of arrears by sugarcane mills to cane growers are being highlighted by the opposition.

Both AIADMK and DMK have deployed their top rung leaders, and senior functionaries drawn from the entire state to campaign in the three constituencies.
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