Tamil Nadu Assembly polls | DMK has no concern for women, says Amit Shah

Union Home Minister says former Chief Minister MGR’s welfare policies had earned him a reputation across the country.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that the forthcoming elections on April 6 in the State was a fight between corruption and development and appealed to the electorate to make the right choice. Addressing a public meeting of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at Tirukovilur near Villupuram, he said that people should vote for the NDA if they wanted development or progress in the State. On the other hand, corruption and dynasty rule is the harbinger of the DMK-Congress combine, he said. Describing the late Chief Minister MGR as a real ‘Makkal Thilagam’, Mr. Shah said that the AIADMK founder, through his practical policies for the betterment of the poor and the underprivileged, had earned a reputation in every nook and corner of the country. The policies that MGR cherished were successfully followed and implemented by his successor and AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa and the present Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami, he said. Taking a dig at DMK MP A. Raja’s denigrating comments against the Chief Minister’s mother, Mr. Shah said that he was really shocked at the statement made against a deceased woman. “The DMK had no concern for women and alleged that the party was aiming to win the elections by hook or crook. The DMK had also made similar comments against the late Chief Minister Jayalalithaa,” he said.