Stalin to set up schools following Delhi model in TN, invites Kejriwal to inaugurate

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin, praising the infrastructure in schools in the national capital, said his government would set up similar educational facilities in Tamil Nadu and invited Kejriwal for inauguration following completion of work.

New Delhi/Chennai: On the second day of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin's official visit to the national capital, he urged the Centre to consider a string of demands including release of over Rs 20,000 crore, nod for the anti-NEET Bill and a Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for footwear manufacturing.

For the southern state's Chief Minister, it was a hectic Friday (April 1) with back-to-back meetings that started with a visit to a government school along with his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal.

Stalin, praising the infrastructure in schools in the national capital, said his government would set up similar educational facilities in Tamil Nadu and invited Kejriwal for inauguration following completion of work. The CM also visited mohalla clinics in Delhi.

Following his school visit, Stalin called on Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and underscored the pending dues to Tamil Nadu, including the GST compensation component. The dues from the Centre amount to Rs 20,860.40 crore of which the GST compensation was Rs 13,504.74 crore, he said in a memorandum and urged that the sum be released.

Stalin also reiterated his government's demand of extending the present GST compensation regime (scheduled to end on June 30, 2022) by at least two more years.