India, Feb. 14 -- Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Friday credited Rs.5,000 into bank accounts of 13.1 million women beneficiaries of the DMK government's flagship monthly assistance scheme, triggering sharp reactions from the Opposition who flayed his move as "fear of defeat at the hustings" in the poll-bound state. The CM also announced to double the monthly grant to Rs.2,000, if his DMK party was voted to power in the upcoming assembly elections.

The Rs.5,000 deposited into the bank accounts of the beneficiaries of Kalaignar Women's Entitlement scheme covered monthly Rs.1,000 entitlement for February, March, and April 2026, and a one-time additional grant designated as "summer assistance" to help with rising household and utilit...