Lamenting over the Union government’s failure to grant funds for Tamil Nadu to deal with the aftermath of two recent natural disasters, DMK president and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Monday said a vote for the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls would amount to a vote for “arrogance” and “betrayal of future generations”. The State would approach the Supreme Court seeking to direct the Union government to release the funds, he added at an election meeting in Nanguneri near Tirunelveli.
“Since the Narendra Modi-led Union government is not bothered about the agony of Tamils and Tamil Nadu and he has chosen to trash our plea for ₹37,000 crore for relief and rehabilitation works following the devastation caused by the cyclone Michaung in Chennai and nearby areas and flood-hit areas of southern districts, we are going to approach the Supreme Court,” he said.
Mr. Stalin said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was visiting Tamil Nadu repeatedly in recent weeks ahead of elections to get Tamils’ votes, never bothered to visit Tamil Nadu after cyclone and flood ravaged the State within a gap of just a month. To make things worse, no Central assistance was released despite repeated appeals to assuage the agony of affected Tamils and restore the damaged properties and infrastructure here.
