Lok Sabha polls | BJP will win across Kongu region: Annamalai

The BJP will win the parliamentary elections in Coimbatore and western districts of Tamil Nadu as there is a lot of ground level changes in the State, said BJP State president K Annamalai

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will register a massive victory in Coimbatore and the entire Kongu region, said the party’s State president K. Annamalai in Coimbatore, on Friday, March 8, 2024.

The BJP’s second list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls would be released soon, he said.

Mr. Annamalai told journalists that there needed to be a representative from Coimbatore, who would present the requirements and problems of the city to the Central government. The expansion of the Coimbatore airport and better road networks were two issues that had not been tackled, he said. “The State government and the (current) MP are stalling Coimbatore’s development,” he alleged.

Union Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia had written to the Tamil Nadu government twice regarding the Coimbatore airport’s expansion. The Central government was even willing to spend ₹7,500 crores for a Karur-Coimbatore expressway. But these projects were not taking off because of the State government, he claimed.

The Parliamentary elections this year would prove ground-level changes that had taken place in Tamil Nadu. The BJP would register a victory across the Kongu region, Mr. Annamalai said.

The BJP leader also urged the Micro, Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (MSMEs) to give a chance to the BJP to be their voice at the Centre. MUDRA loans worth almost ₹2 lakh crore had been disbursed to the MSMEs in Coimbatore and Tiruppur districts, he said.

The Central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had created one million jobs over the past 500 days, whereas there were several vacancies in the Congress-ruled State of Karnataka. Rahul Gandhi wanted the youth to remain unemployed and only promises financial support for them, he claimed.