DMK senior leader and former electricity minister V Senthilbalaji on Sunday criticised the ruling TVK for its "administrative failure", urging them to take immediate, war-footing action to resolve the ongoing power crisis rather than focusing on "social media optics".

TVK has delivered "disappointment," after promising change, he alleged.

"The TVK government, which secured votes by promising change, has delivered nothing but profound disappointment to the people in its very first month of governance. Due to unbearable power outages lasting anywhere between 6-12 hours, citizens are forced onto the streets in the dead of night to protest", he alleged in a statement here.

The grim reality was that there is no night without a road roko in the state capital and other regions and this has exposed the "administrative collapse of this government for all to see", he charged.

"The Honorable chief minister (C Joseph Vijay), who once delivered punchlines promising immediate change upon taking office, remains tight-lipped and he neither addresses the power cuts nor meets the press", he alleged, adding "meanwhile, the electricity minister (CTR Nirmalkumar), who is responsible for providing answers, is busy spinning daily conspiracy theories".

Stating that the minister recently shared a CCTV clip claiming that people are stealing fuse carriers, the DMK leader asked if the minister realizes that even a common man would question how thefts during the day could cause power outages at night.

"If a fuse is stolen, power should go out completely. How can it intermittent." "It is a basic fact for any government to realize that Tamil Nadu's power demand increases every year. True administrative capability lies in efficiently managing this rising demand without causing distress to the public. That is exactly what the 'Dravidian Model' government, led by our party president (MK Stalin), achieved", he claimed.

Published on June 14, 2026