NE NEWS SERVICE
COIMBATORE, APRIL 13
On the one hand the saffron party is wooing Tamils in the name of new-found love for Tamil pride and alround development of Tamil Nadu but on the other it had ‘ditched’ Coimbatore, said DMK President and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin here on Friday.
Sharing the dais with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, DMK President and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday alleged that the BJP “took to Gujarat” a semiconductor unit that was to come up in this industrial city by “threatening” a “big firm” despite it almost finalizing an agreement with the state government here.
Stalin and Rahul castigated the BJP on issues like electoral bonds, imposing “one language” on the country, and criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi for seeking votes by not talking about his achievements, but “criticizing” the I.N.D.I.A. bloc.
Rahul, who heaped praise on Stalin and called him his “elder brother”, mocked Modi for proclaiming that he likes “dosa and vada” while in Tamil Nadu, and talks about ‘One Country, One Language’ immediately after he lands in New Delhi. “Why should there be a single language? Why shouldn’t Tamil, Bengali, Kannada, and Manipuri get their due in India. You eat whatever you want, but don’t take away the cultural identities of people,” Rahul told Modi. While DMK has fielded Ganapathi P Rajkumar, the AIADMK’s candidate is Singai G Ramachandran and BJP’s nominee is its state unit chief K Annamalai.
In his speech, Stalin said he would like to utilize the stage in Coimbatore to make a “startling revelation” and went onto allege that a Tamil Nadu-based firm had approached the state government to invest Rs 6,500 crore in the city and both sides completed their talks. “Suddenly, they (the Union Government) threatened the firm and took the investment to Gujarat. This is BJP’s fake love for Coimbatore. It is the BJP that took away a big investment in the semiconductor sector to Gujarat from Coimbatore,” he added.
Terming the Congress manifesto as the “hero”, Stalin praised Rahul for giving promises that bring hope to “state governments and people” and accused Modi of seeking votes only by criticizing the Opposition bloc and targeting them on “dynastic politics.”
INDIA bloc will deliver sweet victory on June 4, says TN CM Stalin
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M K Stalin on Saturday said the INDI alliance will deliver a sweet victory on June 4.
Stalin who was pleasantly surprised over receiving Mysore Pak from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during the latter’s visit to the state on Friday, expressed that he was touched by his brother’s sweet gesture.”
The two leaders had addressed a poll rally in Coimbatore.
அன்பிற்கும் உண்டோ அடைக்கும்தாழ்!
Touched and overwhelmed by the 'sweet gesture' from my brother @RahulGandhi.
On June 4th, #INDIA will surely deliver him a sweet victory! https://t.co/0QPhRsLKTQ
— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) April 13, 2024
Posting a video of Gandhi jumping over a road divider and rapidly walking towards a sweet shop in Coimbatore to purchase Mysore Pak for him, Stalin said in a post on the social media platform X quoting a couplet from Thirukkural on the possession of love: touched and overwhelmed by the ‘sweet gesture’ from my brother @RahulGandhi.
On June 4th, #INDIA will surely deliver him a sweet victory! the DMK president said.
In the video that went viral on social media, Rahul Gandhi could be seen jumping over a road divider, crossing the road and walking swiftly into a sweet shop.
When asked what he would like to purchase, he could be heard replying to the salesperson I want Mysore Pak for my brother Stalin.
After tasting the sample sweets offered to him, Gandhi could be seen paying for the gift pack, thanking the salesperson and posing for a group photo with the staff.
He later walks up to Stalin and presents him the sweet gift, which the pleasantly surprised DMK president accepts.
Posting the video, the Congress said in a post Shri @RahulGandhi gifts famous Mysore Pak to Shri @mkstalin. Celebrating the loving relationship he shares with the people of Tamil Nadu.
