Copying DMK: Vembu on Trump's $5,000 promise if Republicans win

Sridhar Vembu reacted to US President Donald Trump's promise of $5000 to every adult US citizen if Republicans win midterms. "We invented this in Tamil Nadu, and spread it to rest of India. President Trump is copying the DMK," he said. Vembu's reference to the DMK points to Tamil Nadu's decades-long history of combining welfare measures with electoral politics.