NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, APRIL 12
Following the appeal to feed the poor and reach out to the downtrodden by the party Chief J P Nadda, BJP leaders in Tamil Nadu are feeding many needy through the ‘Modi Kitchens’ initiative.
மாநில தலைவர் டாக்டர்.L.முருகன் அவர்களின் இல்லத்தில் இன்று தயாரித்த உணவுகளை சுமார் 500 நபர்களுக்கு 13வது நாளாக வழங்கப்பட்டது.
@Murugan_TNBJP @JPNadda#FeedTheNeedy pic.twitter.com/byjjrfAreG
— BJP Tamilnadu (@BJP4TamilNadu) April 9, 2020
The state’s first Modi kitchen was launched on March 30 in Coimbatore by party’s state General Secretary Vanathi Srinivasan and it caters to about 500 people every day since then.
Senior party leader and former MP C P Radhakrishnan keeps alive two kitchens in Coimbatore and Tiruppur in westernTamil Nadu to feed 1,000 persons totally, while former Chairman of the Nagercoil Muncipal Corporation Meena Dev runs a similar kitchen in Nagercoil to provide food to 500 individuals daily.
இன்று கமலாலயத்தில் மாநில தலைவர் @Murugan_TNBJP அவர்கள் ஒரு குடும்பத்திற்கு தேவையான மளிகை பொருட்களை அடங்கிய பை (#மோடிகிட்), சுமார் 1500 ஏழைகளுக்கு வழங்கினார்.
இதுவரை பாஜக சார்பாக தமிழகம் முழுவதும் சுமார் 1.75 லட்சம் #மோடிகிட் வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளது@blsanthosh @JPNadda#FeedTheNeedy pic.twitter.com/gOeqDydBiQ
— BJP Tamilnadu (@BJP4TamilNadu) April 8, 2020
“Our party leader (Nadda) has asked us to take care of the poor, especially those who can’t afford their daily meals. So, depending on our individual resources, we have pooled in manpower and sourced groceries to prepare food through the Modi kitchens and deliver it at people’s doorsteps, said Radhakrishnan.
சென்னையில் எங்கள் வீட்டின் எதிரே உள்ள குடியிருப்பு பகுதி
எளிய மக்களுக்கு தொடர்ந்து உணவளிக்கப்படுகிறது .
இன்று நானும் கலந்து கொண்டேன்.
With south chennai Dt bjp president Mr.S.Chandru and team, served #feedtheneedy #IndiaFightsCorona @JPNadda @blsanthosh @BJP4TamilNadu pic.twitter.com/UQHH0TsL41— Vanathi Srinivasan ( Modi Ka Parivar) (@VanathiBJP) April 11, 2020
M V Sasidharan, BJP’s Tiruvallur district General Secretary knew no bounds when Nadda called him two days ago to enquire about his well-being. “Are you safe? Is your family safe?” the BJP chief enquired about Sasidharan, one of the many party functionaries who are operating Modi Kitchens. Sasidharan was instrumental in setting up 13 such kitchens in Chennai. “Naddaji asked all of us to help the people without risking our lives,” he said, adding “the very question of our survival is at stake. We should ensure the coronavirus doesn’t spread.”
The beneficiaries of the initiative are happy that the ruling party at the Centre is reaching out to them in such difficult times. Kans Ram, a construction worker stranded in Maduravoyal near the city, said the BJP functionaires initially gave them cooked food, but on request later provided dry ration.
“We sought rice and vegetables as we have facilities to cook. They (BJP members) were not rigid. They obliged and gave us rice bags, onion, tomatoes and potatoes for us to cook our own food,” he said. Now they have five days’ stock to manage.
Gomathy, a small time flower vendor in Velachery said: “With no business and no money to buy rice, the Modi kitchen has enabled my family of three to get decent food daily.” The party even responded to a request from an attendant at a hospital on Egmore High Road. “As I could not step out of the hospital leaving my father alone, I requested help from local BJP members, who responded by delivering us food,” said Krishnan.
