<h1>Governance performance framed as electoral mandate: welfare transfers and fare-free public transport cited to justify continued incumbency.</h1> Chief Minister M K Stalin asserts the ruling party's governance record and electoral prospects, citing claimed reductions in violence and hunger and strong economic performance as bases for confidence in winning the next Assembly election. He highlights key welfare initiatives as operative achievements: monthly cash transfers to women under the Kalaignar scheme, a fare-free bus travel scheme for women with extensive usage, the Chief Minister's Breakfast scheme, additions to state-run buses, and investments in skill development and market infrastructure, all presented as mechanisms that elevated living standards and sustain the government's mandate.