Stalin insulted PM Modi, owes apology to Tamil Nadu: BJP’s Annamalai slams CM for skipping Rameswaram occasion | India Information – The Occasions of India

NEW DELHI: The Tamil Nadu BJP on Sunday launched a scathing assault on chief minister M Okay Stalin, accusing him of “insulting” Prime Minister Narendra Modi by skipping his official programme in Rameswaram. The PM was within the coastal city to inaugurate a number of infrastructure tasks, together with the much-awaited new Pamban Bridge.
Whereas Modi inaugurated improvement works price over Rs 8,000 crore, CM Stalin was in Udhagamandalam (Ooty) to open a authorities hospital. He stated he had knowledgeable the PM prematurely about his unavailability and had deputed ministers Thangam Thennarasu and R S Raja Kannappan to signify the state.
“We have now sought an appointment to current the memorandum on the delimitation. Since I’m collaborating on this authorities operate, I’ve conveyed to the PM about my lack of ability to participate in his assembly,” Stalin stated in Ooty. “By way of this assembly and thru you, I hereby search the Prime Minister to allay the fears of delimitation.”
The BJP, nonetheless, was not satisfied. State occasion president Okay Annamalai known as the chief minister’s clarification “unacceptable” and stated the absence was deliberate and politically motivated.
“The Prime Minister didn’t go to New Delhi immediately from Sri Lanka however got here right here to dedicate tasks. That being the case, it’s the major responsibility of the CM to welcome the PM,” Annamalai stated at a press briefing.
Mocking Stalin’s presence within the cooler climes of Ooty, Annamalai stated, “He went to Ooty since it’s scorching in Rameswaram and he cannot bear the warmth.”
“The chief minister has failed in his constitutional responsibility. He has insulted the Prime Minister, who got here to Tamil Nadu with the intention of launching improvement works for the good thing about the individuals,” the BJP chief charged. “He ought to apologise to the individuals of Tamil Nadu.”
Annamalai additionally dismissed Stalin’s concern over the delimitation course of as “drama” and accused him of doing politics even throughout a central occasion meant for public welfare. The BJP stated the Centre has proven unwavering dedication to Tamil Nadu’s improvement, and Stalin’s absence was a disrespect to that effort.