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DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin connected Tuesday (March 24, 2026) said preparedness for the interaction of the ongoing struggle successful West Asia cannot beryllium outsourced to the people, and questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected whether helium was prepared to support the people.
“Preparedness cannot beryllium outsourced to the people. Prepared for what — leadership, oregon its absence? Who is expected to beryllium prepared — the Union authorities oregon the radical of the country?,” Mr. Stalin wrote successful a station connected X.
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On Monday, portion briefing the Lok Sabha connected the steps taken by his authorities to unafraid India’s vigor needs, Mr. Modi said the state should beryllium prepared and united. He besides said the interaction of the West Asia warfare is apt to beryllium felt for a agelong time.
“You accidental that conscionable arsenic we prepared for COVID-19, we indispensable besides beryllium prepared for the impacts of a West Asia war. As soon arsenic the concern successful West Asia escalated and its effects began to beryllium felt, I wrote to you connected March 11, urging to guarantee the uninterrupted proviso of state cylinders for each purposes, rescue radical from Tamil Nadu stranded successful Gulf countries, and revise limits connected the proviso of state to powerfulness stations,” Mr. Stalin said.
Following this, connected March 12, Opposition parties staged a protestation wrong the Parliament premises to convey the seriousness of the concern to the Union government, helium said.
“On March 14, without waiting for your response, arsenic a liable State government, we conducted a high-level reappraisal and announced measures to grip the state shortage, including a subsidy of ₹2 per portion for the further energy depletion erstwhile hotels and unreality kitchens power from LPG to electrical stoves, subsidised loans for MSMEs to acquisition electrical stoves and heaters, and an exemption for industries from obtaining TNPCB clearance to usage alternate fuels,” helium said.
Mr. Stalin pointed retired that adjacent then, helium had asked the Union authorities what steps it would instrumentality to safeguard the interests of the people, but determination was nary response, helium said and pointed retired to the protestation by the Secular Progressive Alliance connected March 15 crossed Tamil Nadu, condemning the BJP authorities astatine the Centre for functioning without preparedness.
“After each this, you counsel that radical indispensable beryllium prepared. Before asking radical to beryllium prepared, are you prepared to support them? What precautionary measures person you taken to safeguard the radical of India from the impacts of the West Asia war?” Mr. Stalin questioned.
