Flagging off Tamil Nadu BJP President K. Annamalai's padayatra from Rameshwaram, Union Minister Amit Shah slammed the Congress and the newly formed INDIA alliance. Shah flagged off Annamalai's six-month long 'En Mann, En Makkal' padayatra on Friday.
Shah slammed the Congress and its allies, including the DMK, saying nothing would happen by changing the name of their alliance to INDIA. Shah was addressing a rally at Rameshwaram, ahead of kick-starting Tamil Nadu BJP President K. Annamalai's statewide 'En Mann, En Makkal (My Land, My People)' padayatra. Shah charged that the alliance doesn't want anything good to happen for the country. He accused the parties in the alliance of propagating dynasty politics. "Sonia Gandhi wants to make Rahu Gandhi prime minister; M.K. Stalin wants Udaynidhi Stalin to be the CM, Lalu Yadav wants to make Tejashwi CM, Mamata wants to make his nephew the CM and Uddhav Thackeray wants his son to be the CM. Only PM Modi is working day and night for the country," The Hindustan Times quoted Shah as saying.
"When Congress and its allies, including the DMK, go to the people seeking votes, the public would remember the corruption, including the 2G scam and Commonwealth Games scam during the UPA regime,” he said. Congress and its allies have recently formed the alliance INDIA, ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls to take on the BJP. Taking forward Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Tamil pitch, Shah said Modi honoured Tamil culture by installing the 'Sengol' in the new parliament building. He hit out at the DMK regime, calling it the most corrupt in the nation and said the BJP's yatra is an attempt to usher in politics of development and good governance in Tamil Nadu.
(With PTI inputs.)