Vijay and TVK have finally dropped their election manifesto, and the numbers are jaw-dropping – in the worst way possible.
The headline figure? A staggering ₹4.39 lakh crore in welfare promises to the people of tamil Nadu. That’s not pocket change. When you add up the full vision they’re painting, it balloons close to ₹12 lakh crore in total commitments. Free LPG cylinders, massive hikes in women’s assistance, gold for brides, unemployment doles, education loans, farm waivers – the list reads like a superstar’s on-screen generosity, not a serious governance document.
Tamil Nadu is already buried under heavy debt. Successive governments – DMK and AIADMK included – have been accused of fiscal mismanagement and reckless populism. Now Vijay walks in promising even more largesse without once spelling out how the state will generate the revenue to fund it all. Not a word on new income sources, serious economic reforms, or cutting wasteful spending. Just grand announcements and heroic assurances of “honest administration.”
This is classic cinema-style politics: big dialogues, bigger numbers, zero homework on the backend math. If implemented even halfway, it risks pushing the state’s debt burden into dangerous territory, burdening future generations with higher taxes, more loans, or slashed development projects when the money inevitably runs dry.
Vijay criticises the Dravidian majors for similar recycled freebie culture, yet his own manifesto dives straight into the same playbook – only with flashier packaging.
Tamil Nadu voters aren’t fools. Before getting swept up in the star power and emotional appeals, ask the only question that matters: where exactly is this ₹4.39 lakh crore – and potentially ₹12 lakh crore – coming from? Without a credible answer, this isn’t a manifesto. It’s a very expensive daydream that the people of tamil Nadu will end up paying for.
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