Chennai: Hitting back at his archrival and
AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa for her criticism on outstanding
debts, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Sunday said the
sum of over Rs one lakh crore also included the period of her
party rule.
"The sum of Rs 1,01,541 crore is not completely
incurred by DMK alone. It also includes debts incurred during
the Jayalalithaa government," he said in DMK mouthpiece
'Murasoli'.
Jayalaithaa had slammed the interim budget presented
by state finance minister K Anbazhagan on Saturday.
Karunanidhi also recalled that the increase in debt in
the five-year period from 2006-10 had been estimated at Rs
44,084 crore and capital expenditure at Rs 44,667 crore.
"This shows that the whole of the mobilised debt has
been utilised for productive purposes," he said.
On her charge that no concrete steps had been
announced to counter Kerala's plan of going ahead with the
construction of a new dam on Mullaperiar river, he said that
while Kerala made the announcement on Friday, Tamil Nadu
responded on Saturday itself when he made a submission in the
Assembly.
The chief minister indicated it was not possible to
include the announcement in the Assembly overnight.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, February 06, 2011, 22:10