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CHENNAI, JUNE 11
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday took a swipe at the Congress and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) over dynasty politics and alleged corruption, calling them “2G, 3G, 4G” parties and said the time has come in Tamil Nadu to throw away these and give the power to a “son of the soil”. He has set an ambitious target of winning more than 25 seats for the National Democratic Alliance in Tamil Nadu in the upcoming 2024 Parliamentary elections.
- Amit Shah sets target of 25 Lok Sabha seats for BJP alliance from Tamil Nadu
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The Modi government has completed 9 years on the path of growth and welfare for the poor. Speaking at a public rally organised by @BJP4TamilNadu on this occasion. #9YearsOfSeva https://t.co/D01xUI0K8Q
— Amit Shah (Modi Ka Parivar) (@AmitShah) June 11, 2023
Addressing a public meeting in Vellore to highlight the nine years of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government’s achievements, he also lashed out at the two opposition parties at the Centre for opposing the abrogation of Article 370 and lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “uniting Kashmir” with India with a stroke of the pen.
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“Congress and DMK are 2G, 3G, 4G parties. I am not talking about the 2G (spectrum allocation scam). 2G means two generations, 3G means three generations and 4G means four generations,” he said.
Amit Shah launched a blistering attack on the previous Congress-Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) rule and accused the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) of indulging in scams worth Rs 12,000 crore. Shah also claimed that not a single scam had emerged during the BJP’s nine years of governance.
பொருளாதார சீர்திருத்தங்கள் முதல் சமூக முன்முயற்சிகள் வரை, கடந்த 9 ஆண்டுகளில், குடிமக்களுக்கான அவரது கடமைகளை நிறைவேற்றுவதற்காக தீர்மானத்துடன் பிரதமர் @narendramodi அவர்களின் தலைமையில் வலிமையான சக்தியை இந்தியா உணர்ந்தது.
மோடி அரசின் 9 ஆண்டு நிறைவை முன்னிட்டு வேலூர் கூட்டத்தில். pic.twitter.com/D0jMaLoOhZ
— Amit Shah (Modi Ka Parivar) (@AmitShah) June 11, 2023
Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah has set an ambitious target of winning more than 25 seats for the National Democratic Alliance in Tamil Nadu in the upcoming 2024 Parliamentary elections.
Amit Shah said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) respected the tradition and culture of Tamil Nadu. He said that as a reflection of the Tamil Chola dynasty’s rich legacy, the sengol had been installed in the new Parliament building.
Setting an ambitious target of winning 25 plus seats from Tamil Nadu, Amit Shah said, “In 2024, the Modi government has to win again for the third time. I am sure that the BJP will not only win seats in Tamil Nadu but will also have cabinet ministers from the state.” Tamil Nadu has 39 Lok Sabha seats and one seat from Puducherry.
கடந்த 9 ஆண்டுகளில் தமிழகத்திற்கு பாஜக என்ன செய்தது என்று கேள்வி எழுப்பிய தமிழக முதல்வர் திரு.@mkstalin
அவர்களுக்கு, பிரதமர் திரு.@narendramodi தலைமையிலான மத்திய அரசு என்ன செய்தது என்ற புள்ளி விவரங்களுடன் தக்க பதிலடி கொடுத்தார் மத்திய உள்துறை அமைச்சர் திரு.@AmitShah அவர்கள் pic.twitter.com/4AcpFCDslP— BJP Tamilnadu (@BJP4TamilNadu) June 11, 2023
Responding to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin’s demand that Shah list out the Centre’s special schemes for Tamil Nadu in the past nine years, the senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader detailed the various initiatives of the Narendra Modi-led Central government for the state in sectors including aviation, railways and roads.
Taking on Stalin over his remarks on the establishment of AIIMS Madurai, Shah said while the DMK was in power for 18 years at the Centre, it had not taken steps to bring the premier medical facility to Tamil Nadu “but only does corruption”, even as he highlighted the various initiatives of the Centre for Tamil Nadu.
This included a manifold increase in devolution of funds to Tamil Nadu, allocation of a defence corridor, two Vande Bharat train services, a new integrated airport terminal that was inaugurated by PM Modi recently in Vellore, 11 medical colleges in as many districts benefitting over 1,400 students, renovation of major railway stations in the state including Chennai Egmore and Madurai, a new ESIC medical college hospital that would come up in Coimbatore at an estimated Rs 1,500 crore, 62 lakh toilets and over 2,500 km of roads.
Besides these, the Centre and PM Modi in particular were doing a lot for the Tamil language.
In many global fora, the Prime Minister has heaped praised on Tamil language, its icons, the Tamil culture and the literature.
Tamil classic Tirukkural has been translated into 13 Indian languages.
Shah highlighted the Kashi and Saurashtra Tamil Sangamam events and said it was an effort by the Centre to popularise the language in Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat, respectively.
Referring to the 2019 summit between Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mamallapuram near Vellore, Shah said the PM promoted Tamil Nadu’s tourism by inviting the neighbouring country’s leader for talks in the state.
He also hailed the installation of the Sengol (sceptre) in the Parliament during its inauguration last month by Modi.
Further, aspirants can now write CAPF exams and NEET in Tamil, which was not the case when the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, in which the DMK was a key constituent, was in power, he said.
At the event, Shah was presented a Sengol as memento.
Earlier, Amit Shah held consultations with BJP’s functionaries belonging to South Chennai Lok Sabha constituency, in which he reportedly took a dig at DMK and its late patriarch M Karunanidhi accusing him of scuttling the chances of senior Congress leaders from Tamil Nadu like K Kamaraj and GK Moopanar from becoming Prime Minister.
