JP Nadda releases BJP Tamil Nadu manifesto Pudhiya Yugam Padaikkum Thamarai Vaakuruthi 2026, promising cash aid to women and farmers, jobs, education loans, and tough action on crime
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Union Minister and former Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda unveiled the election manifesto for the Tamil Nadu polls. Named Pudhiya Yugam Padaikkum Thamarai Vaakuruthi (Creating a New Era through Lotus Promise) 2026, Nadda claimed that the DMK had “failed Tamil Nadu on all fronts”.
The poll manifesto, prepared by a 13-member committee under former Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, covers 12 subjects, including governance and law and order, social justice, women and child development, healthcare, and farmers’ welfare.
Key promises:
The poll manifesto, prepared by a 13-member committee under former Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, covers 12 subjects, including governance and law and order, social justice, women and child development, healthcare, and farmers’ welfare.
Key promises:
- Monthly assistance of ₹2,000 to women heads of households, along with a one-time grant of ₹10,000 to every household.
- Three LPG cylinders free of cost annually — one each during the Pongal harvest festival, Tamil New Year, and Diwali.
- Tackle crimes against women on a war footing through streamlined zero-FIR reporting, victim-witness protection, special fast-track courts for heinous cases
- Subsidy of ₹25,000 to eligible women to purchase e-scooters.
- ₹3,000 top-up to the central PM-Kisan scheme for farmers
- Loans of up to ₹50 lakh for women-led cooperatives, SHGs, and MSMEs.
- Mandating 20% of government procurement from women-led cooperatives.
- A one-time grant of ₹50,000 will be provided to small and marginal farmers.
- ₹10 lakh interest-free loans for first-generation students and education loan waivers for those unable to pay EMIs due to unemployment.
- Creation of one lakh government jobs, free coaching for toppers, and district-level coaching centres with Tamil-medium options.
- A weekly hour of training in AI and robotics with practical labs will be provided for class 12 graduates.
- A “ganja-free” state, a dedicated helpline for swift action, special fast-track courts, and capital punishment under the NDPS Act for repeat offenders and cartels.
