Chennai, Feb 10 (IANS): AIADMK leader and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu O. Panneerselvam (OPS) has said that the people of Tamil Nadu are angry at the DMK government led by M.K. Stalin and that they would support the AIADMK in the ensuing urban local body polls.

He was addressing a meeting of party cadres and sympathizers as part of the electioneering at Sivananda colony in Coimbatore. He said: "We lost the 2021 Assembly elections due to a narrow slip, now it has been naturally rectified."

The former chief minister said that the AIADMK would win all the Corporation, municipal, and town panchayat elections and said that people have now started comparing the DMK and AIADMK governments.

He said that the DMK government was interested in only false promises and was a failure while implementing and executing them. OPS cited the example of poor quality of gift hampers that was given to the public during Pongal and said that during the AIADMK regime the quality of gift hampers was high and an amount of Rs 2,500 was also given to the people.

The AIADMK chief coordinator also said that the AIADMK provided development for a 50-year period during its 10-year regime and added that the party was pro-people and pro-poor.

While addressing another meeting at Tiruppur, the AIADMK patriarch said that his party was responsible for many development projects in Tiruppur, including a medical college.

Former minister and AIADMK leader S.P. Velumani was also present with the former Chief Minister apart from some other senior party leaders and functionaries.