CM Stalin does not leave his house to meet people: Annamalai

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, who had travelled to Spain, Dubai and Japan, does not leave his house (to meet the people of the State), BJP State president K. Annamalai told journalists in Tiruppur on Sunday.

Asked if Prime Minister Narendra Modi was visiting Tamil Nadu frequently due to the Lok Sabha election, he said Mr. Modi visited the State four to five times last year. “The Prime Minister is a hard worker, visits different States and meets people. But the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu does not step out of his house. The

DMK knows it will lose the election, and is finding reasons already,” he claimed.

Democracy will be strengthened only when the Chief Minister and the Prime Minister meet people. Mr. Modi had undertaken a road show in Hyderabad too recently, he said.

On Tamil Nadu expressing its intent to explore signing a memorandum of understanding to set up Prime Minister Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) in the State, Mr. Annamalai said while the State government says it does not accept the new education policy, it has signed MoU for PM SHRI Schools.

Coimbatore south MLA

Vanathi Srinivasan told reporters in Coimbatore on Sunday that Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin referred to the Prime Minister as ‘28 paise’. The Modi led Government had allocated funds to the State far higher than what the UPA government, which included the DMK, gave. The Modi government gave Tamil Nadu special schemes, such as the Defence corridor, too. If the DMK called Mr. Modi such names, would it be acceptable if the BJP called Mr. Udhayanidhi as “Drug Udhayanidhi”, she asked, claiming his name was linked with Jaffer Sadiq, recently held by the Narcotics Control Bureau.