Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Saturday said that the DMK is not intimidated by Enforcement Directorate raids or Prime Minister Narendra Modi and will respond to the searches legally.
Udhayanidhi's remarks came amid Chief Minister M.K. Stalin's meeting with PM Modi on the sidelines of the Niti Aayog meet in Delhi.
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While addressing the reporters, Udhayanidhi said that the party will uphold state rights and resist any form of political pressure.
He was responding to the opposition AIADMK's criticism that Stalin's visit to Delhi came in the wake of the ED searches at the offices of state-run liquor corporation TASMAC.
"We are not afraid of ED or Modi. The DMK nurtured by Kalaignar (his grandfather and former chief minister M Karunanidhi), is a party with self-respect firmly moored to the principles of Periyar (rationalist leader E V Ramasamy)," Udhayanidhi was quoted by PTI.
"They (BJP government at the Centre) tried to intimidate us in the past but we refused to yield. Ours is not a party with a servitude mindset. We will face the cases legally," he added.
In the Niti Aayog meeting, CM Stalin sought the Centre to enhance the state's share in central taxes to 50 per cent and also demanded the release of funds for education.
"Particularly, nearly Rs. 2,200 crore of Union funds have been denied to Tamil Nadu in the year 2024-2025. This affects the education of children studying in government schools and children studying under the Right to Education Act ( RTE). Therefore, I urge you to release this fund without delay and without insisting on unilateral conditions," Stalin said.
