COIMBATORE/TIRUPPUR : Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s single day campaign in the state has “beaten all the election trips” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the state to seek votes.
Referring to the April 12 meet addressed at nearby Coimbatore by him and Gandhi, Stalin said the turnout and the rally was magnificent like the movie ‘Baahubali’, and the “total BJP was trumped,” by a single public meeting.“Rahul Gandhi has proven that Tamil Nadu people can be won over (ruled) only through love,” he said.
Slamming AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, Chief Minister M K Stalin said, Palaniswami has problems only with BJP state president K Annamalai and not with Prime Minister Narendra Modi or Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Campaigning for Nilgiris and Tiruppur candidates A Raja (DMK) and K Subbarayan (CPI) respectively at Avinashi, Stalin accused the AIADMK of having a clandestine relationship with the BJP which is collapsing the country.
Stalin added, “Palaniswami cannot run a party or do politics if he acts against Modi, as BJP is executing the entire drama starting from ‘Dharma Utham’ in which they expelled AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam, got separated from V K Sasikala, Panneerselvam contesting from Ramanathapuram and TTV Dhinakaran contesting from Theni and directing Palaniswami to face the election alone. These are all the BJP high command’s conspiracy and I will ensure that the BJP government will fall on the ground.”
He also said that Tiruppur will become like Manipur if the BJP is voted to power since they are known for creating riots and not respecting people in the name of authority.
Stalin further said, “Tiruppur BJP party functionaries attacked a woman for questioning about GST. This is the respect they give to women. Industries will run wherever it is calm and if the BJP comes to power, growth will be lost, and it won’t be easy to run industries. Modi is injurious to the house and country.”