Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L. Murugan on Saturday said the people of Tamil Nadu no longer believed in the “DMK’s theatrics” and were ready to vote the party out of power. In the 2026 Assembly election, the AIADMK-BJP alliance will secure a historic victory and usher in good governance, he said.

In a statement, Mr. Murugan said that at the NITI Aayog meeting held earlier this year, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin urged the Centre to initiate a river restoration project for the Cauvery, Vaigai, and Tamirabharani. “However, since the time of his late father, former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, the DMK has been deceiving Tamil Nadu in the name of cleaning the Cooum. They siphoned off crores of rupees under the guise of clean-up projects,” he alleged.

“On every issue, the Chief Minister thinks he can escape by blaming the Centre. You claim that the Centre had not allocated funds to the State. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has been repeatedly asking you to specify what funds were not given. But you have no answer,” Mr. Murugan contended.

Accusing Mr. Stalin and the second-line DMK leaders of promoting dynastic politics, he said they acted like landlords. He added that Mr. Stalin had no moral right to speak about retrieving Katchatheevu or bringing education back to the State List.