Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday toured Chennai, Tamil Nadu, as part of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) drive to gain a foothold in the southern states. It should be noted that this was PM Modi Second road show in Tamil Nadu in a month.
Tamil Nadu BJP chief, the Singham leader whom the BJP is banking on to increase its vote share in Tamil Nadu, K Annamalai, was also present with PM Modi during the roadshow. Annamalai is the BJP candidate from Coimbatore.
The BJP has fielded former Telangana governor Tamilisai Soundararajan against the DMK’s Tamilachi Thangapandian in south Chennai. Ahead of the tour, Soundararajan said, “There is a spark of happiness. We are very fortunate to have a Prime Minister like him. There is a lot of enthusiasm among our workers. Prime Minister Modi’s visit will help us, we will make him win,” he said, reported ANI.
Voting for all 39 seats in Tamil Nadu will be held in the first phase of general elections on April 19.
In the 2019 general electionsThe DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance, comprising Congress, VCK, MDMK, CPI, CPI(M), IUML, MMK, KMDK, TVK, AIFB, registered a landslide victory, winning 38 of the 39 seats in the state.
Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Modi of visiting the state only during the election season and accused him of using central agencies to attack opposition-ruled states.
According to the PTI report, Stalin said the situation was similar in most non-BJP-ruled states across the country, where central agencies and even governors created problems for state governments. “This is Modi’s India,” Stalin said at an election rally in support of the DMK candidates and their allies.
Later, in a series of posts on ‘X’, the Prime Minister said that the roadshow in the city would remain a part of his memory forever and that Chennai had won him over.
(With ANI and PTI inputs)
