According to him, every section of the poor would have benefited in one way or other by the welfare measures (free rice, mixie-grinder, laptop, goats/sheep, and others) of the government.
"Many self-help groups have benefited due to the loan assistance through banks," he said. The election victory is the vindication of the Jayalalithaa government in the state, he said.
What Ponnaiyan says is true as the opposition parties like the DMK, the DMDK and others campaigned hard against the ruling party's failure to improve the power situation in the state and also the price rise.
However, it did not cut ice with the people as all the sections of the people, including Dalits, Muslims and others, voted en bloc in favour of the AIADMK.
During the past three years, the government has given fans, mixies and grinders to over 8.9 million families at an outlay of Rs.4,380.20 crore and free laptops to over 1.6 million students at a cost of Rs.4,265.44 crore.
