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DMK president and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin connected Tuesday powerfully condemned his Maharashtra counterpart Devendra Fadnavis for suggesting that the Madurai Metro Rail task would beryllium sanctioned aft the BJP campaigner Rama Srinivasan was elected from the Madurai South Assembly constituency. Mr. Fadnavis had made the remark connected Monday, erstwhile helium had accompanied Mr. Srinivasan for the filing of the latter’s nomination.
Campaigning for the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) successful Srikazhi connected Tuesday, Mr. Stalin said it was improper for a Chief Minister to suggest that projects would beryllium sanctioned lone if a BJP MLA was elected. “Is helium the Prime Minister oregon a Union Minister to marque specified assurances? Is this however a law authorization should speak?” helium asked, adding that specified remarks amounted to “blackmail”.
Mr. Stalin said his authorities had taken the pb successful flagging concerns implicit the projected delimitation of constituencies and alleged that AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami would person “surrendered the State’s rights” if helium had been successful power.
The Chief Minister pointed retired that helium had convened an all-party gathering and reached retired to leaders crossed the state to item however confederate States could suffer Parliamentary practice if delimitation was carried retired based connected population. “It was lone due to the fact that we are successful powerfulness that we raised these concerns. We invited leaders from assorted parties and pointed retired that confederate States would get less seats compared to the bluish ones. If Mr. Palaniswami had been successful power, helium would person compromised Tamil Nadu’s interests,” helium asserted.
Mr. Stalin said Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had spoken astir the contented aft Tamil Nadu raised it. “Mr. Palaniswami, who has been taken connected lease by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has not answered our questions. If helium does not rise his dependable connected this, what volition helium talk about?” helium asked.
The Chief Minister besides alleged that Christian institutions were being threatened done the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) and attempts were being made to enforce Hindi. Referring to a media study connected the implementation of Central authorities projects, Mr. Stalin said Tamil Nadu did not fig among the apical beneficiary States. “The Union authorities collects important taxes from Tamil Nadu but betrays the State by not sanctioning peculiar projects and fund allocations,” helium charged.
Mr. Stalin besides criticised infrastructure projects executed by the Union government, citing the caller harm to the nationalist road agelong betwixt Kollidam, Sirkazhi, and Chidambaram, and alleged that respective projects were “crumbling adjacent earlier inauguration”.
He introduced the SPA candidates from Mayiladuthurai and Nagapattinam districts: Nivedha M. Murugan (DMK) — Poompuhar; Y.N. Jamal Mohamed Younoos (Congress) — Mayiladuthurai; Senthil Selvan (MDMK) — Sirkazhi; M.M. Pugazhendhi (DMK) — Vedaranyam; M.H. Jawahirullah (MMK) — Nagapattinam; and Latha T. (CPI-M) — Kilvelur.
Cuddalore campaign
Campaigning successful Cuddalore, Mr. Stalin cautioned voters that if the AIADMK-led NDA came to powerfulness successful the State the Vidiyal Payanam strategy (free autobus travel) benefiting women would beryllium withdrawn arsenic Prime Minister Narendra Modi had antecedently spoken retired against specified schemes.
He recalled that Mr. Modi had antecedently disapproved of escaped autobus question schemes arguing it would discourage patronage for Metro Rail.
“If the NDA comes to powerfulness and Mr. Modi wants the Vidiyal Payanam strategy to beryllium discontinued, would Edappadi K. Palaniswami (AIADMK leader) person the courageousness to accidental ‘no’,” helium asked the assemblage rhetorically.
Mr. Stalin besides attacked Mr. Palaniswami claiming that the second was the afloat look of betrayal and had opened the backdoor for the introduction of the BJP successful the State. The AIADMK person had joined hands with the BJP to “escape from his ain mistakes”, helium alleged.
“Has Mr. Palaniswami ever, adjacent once, publically listed his ain achievements? The BJP has not implemented a azygous strategy for Tamil Nadu. The span built adjacent Chidambaram connected Villupuram-Nagapattinam Highway has sunk, and this reveals the prime of enactment undertaken by the BJP,” helium said. Mr. Stalin said that implicit past 5 years, the DMK had corrected the mistakes made by the AIADMK authorities during its 10-year tenure.
The State’s maturation rate, which had plummeted to 0.07 % during the AIADMK regime, has present touched 11.19 %. The Dravidian Model 2.0 authorities should instrumentality to guarantee that Tamil Nadu continues with implementation of schemes successful apical gear, helium said.
Mr. Stalin said the DMK had the capableness to present connected its promises. “Does Mr. Palaniswami person the guts to enactment beyond the directions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi?” helium asked.
(With inputs from S. Prasad successful Cuddalore)
