"What Projects BJP Brought To Tamil Nadu?" MK Stalin To Amit Shah
NDTV
MK Stalin pointed out the BJP government had not even completed the AIIMS hospital in Madurai after 8 years.
A day after Amit Shah presented his list of the centre's contribution to Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister MK Stalin said "Amit Shah did not answer any of my questions", teeing off a fresh war-of-words with the ruling party at the centre.
It all began on Saturday when Amit Shah arrived in Chennai ahead of his Sunday public meeting in Vellore on 9 years of the Modi government. Speaking at a public meeting in Salem district, Mr Stalin had dared the Home Minister to give a list of special projects the BJP had brought to the state over the last nine years.
Responding to MK Stalin's challenge, Amit Shah listed the union government's contribution to the southern state. He claimed the centre had allotted 2.47 lakh crore to the state in 9 years against 95,000 crore during the 10-year rule of the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government and had released 72,000 crore for Chennai metro rail.
Mr Shah said 56 lakh farmers from Tamil Nadu received Rs 6,000 every year from the centre. 84 lakh drinking water connections were given in the state, 2 crore people were treated under Ayush scheme, 62,5 lakh toilets were built for poor and two Vande Bharat trains for the state, added Mr Shah.
