CM Stalin slams ‘vengeful’ BJP for only allocating Rs 276 crore for flood relief
Tamil Nadu demanded Rs 37,907 crore as flood relief assistance for the devastation caused by cyclone Michaung, but the union government has now allocated Rs 276 crore as flood relief
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin
CHENNAI: Unhappy with what seemed to be a paltry allocation by the union government to Tamil Nadu for flood relief assistance, Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday said that the people of Tamil Nadu were witness to the vengeful actions of the BJP against the state.
Tamil Nadu demanded Rs 37,907 crore as flood relief assistance for the devastation caused by cyclone Michaung, but the union government has now allocated Rs 276 crore as flood relief, the CM said, in a message posted on his "X" page.
Pointing out that the Tamil Nadu government has so far spent Rs 2,477 crore from the State Disaster Fund for immediate relief and rehabilitation, the CM said that the BJP led union government has announced only Rs 276 crore now, and that too after 'we' approached the Supreme Court.
"Our people are witness to every vengeful act of the Union BJP government, which has denied both funds and justice to Tamil Nadu, " Stalin added. Non-allocation of flood relief assistance by Prime Minister Narendra Modi led BJP regime to Tamil Nadu was a talking point in the recently concluded Parliamentary polls with all alliances except the NDA the BJP was a part of criticising Modi for neglecting the interests of the state even during a deluge.
Echoing the views of the CM, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K Selvaperunthagai said that the flood relief assistance announced by the union home ministry was proof that prime minister Narendra Modi does not have sympathy for the plight of Tamil Nadu people or care about their livelihood.
மிக்ஜாம் புயல் மற்றும் வெள்ளப் பாதிப்புகளுக்கான நிவாரணமாகத் தமிழ்நாடு கோரியது 37,907 கோடி ரூபாய்.பாதிக்கப்பட்ட மக்களுக்கு உடனடி நிவாரணமாகவும், உட்கட்டமைப்புகளை மறுசீரமைக்கவும் தமிழ்நாடு அரசு மாநிலப் பேரிடர் நிதியில் இருந்து இதுவரை செலவு செய்துள்ளது 2,477 கோடி ரூபாய். ஆனால்,…
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Condemning the BJP for poor fund allocation, Selvaperunthagai, in a statement, said that the act of the BJP demonstrated its step motherly treatment towards Tamil Nadu and it's refusal to provide flood relief assistance to the state.
Recalling an earlier statement of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman that there was no precedence to declare the deluge in Tamil Nadu as a national disaster, the TNCC chief said that the minister had only rubbed salt into the wounds of the flood affected Tamil Nadu people.