Parties must avoid excessive freebies, focus on development, says ex-Minister Semmalai
AIADMK’s senior leader and former Education and Health Minister S. Semmalai on Saturday (March 21, 2026) called upon political parties to avoid rolling out a slew of freebies. Asked whether the spree of freebies, being announced by major political parties as part of their electoral assurances, would facilitate the development of Tamil Nadu, the 80-year-old…