BJP will win across Kongu region, says party’s T.N. president

The BJP will register a massive victory in Coimbatore and the entire Kongu region in the Lok Sabha election, party Tamil Nadu president K. Annamalai said on Friday.

The second list of BJP candidates would be released soon, he told journalists in Coimbatore, and pointed to the need for a representative from Coimbatore to take up the requirements and problems of the city with the Centre.

The Coimbatore airport expansion and better roads were the issues that had not been tackled, he said, adding: “The State government and the [current] MP are stalling Coimbatore’s development.”

Union Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia had written to the State government twice on the airport expansion. The Centre was willing to spend ₹7,500 crore on building a KarurCoimbatore expressway. But these projects were not taking off because of the State government, he said.

The Lok Sabha poll this year would prove the changes on the ground in Tamil Nadu, he said, urging the micro, small, and medium enterprises to give the BJP a chance to be their voice at the Centre. Almost ₹2 lakh crore in MUDRA loans had been disbursed to these enterprises in Coimbatore and Tiruppur districts, he said.

Mr. Stalin also presented government orders allocating houses to 10 Tamil scholars and writers, including Su. Venkatesan, under the ‘Dream House Scheme’ (Kanavu illam thittam). He also handed over orders, sanctioning administrative approval for housing, to writers Indira Parthasarathy and M. Rajendran.

The Chief Minister presented the Kalaignar Ezhuthukol Award for 2022 to senior journalist V.N. Samy.

He inaugurated the completed projects of the Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare Department and the Highways and Minor Ports Department and handed over appointment orders to the candidates recruited through the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission.