BJP using Katchatheevu issue to divert attention, says Veeramani
The Hindu
Dravidar Kazhagam leader criticizes BJP for diverting attention from electoral bonds, human rights violations, corruption, and other issues.
The BJP is using Katchatheevu issue to divert the attention of the public from issues like the electoral bonds for which it is facing criticism, said Dravidar Kazhagam leader K. Veeramani here on Thursday.
Canvassing votes for CPI (M) candidate Su. Venkatesan (DMK alliance) at Munichalai, he said that the BJP-led Central government was facing criticism for human rights violations in the country. India was ranked 93 out of 180 countries on the corruption perceptions index, he said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was talking about Katchatheevu only now. What has the BJP done for the fishermen’s cause. Has the PM taken steps to resolve the ethnic strife in Manipur. He has not even visited the affected people. However, a few Tamil Nadu MPs have visited the affected people. The BJP government has failed to check Chinese incursions in Arunachal Pradesh, he said.
Even during the Chennai floods that also affected the neighbouring districts and the heavy downpour in the southern districts that resulted in unprecedented damage, the BJP-led Central government did not show concern and release funds, he charged.
He said that the BJP government had failed to create job opportunities and had failed to address the issue of farmers’ suicides. The people had also been affected by demonetisation. If the BJP was re-elected in the Lok Sabha election, it would be the last elections in India. While India was a Union of States, the BJP’s idea of one nation one election will destroy States and their rights, he added.
The Election Commission of India will hold a press conference on June 3, a day before the counting of votes polled in the Lok Sabha polls. Till the 2019 parliamentary polls, deputy election commissioners used to hold media briefings after each phase of polls, but the practice has been done away with.