Framing the assembly election as a fight not between the DMK-led alliance and the AIADMK-led NDA but one between Tamil Nadu and the NDA, she said, “We are standing up against those bent upon dividing the country on communal lines.”
Coimbatore: Kanimozhi Campaigns for Congress Candidate Surya Prakash
Both AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi may project an image of being fearless, but the truth is that the former is afraid of his Delhi masters, while the latter is beholden to the United States of America, DMK deputy general secretary Kanimozhi said on Monday.
“But when it comes to Tamil Nadu, both are ranged against the state. All those betraying the state have teamed up,” Kanimozi, who is also the DMK Parliamentary Party leader, said, addressing election rallies in Sulur and Kavundampalayam constituencies in Coimbatore district. According to her, the mask has fallen for both EPS and Modi.
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Framing the assembly election as a fight not between the DMK-led alliance and the AIADMK-led NDA but one between Tamil Nadu and the NDA, she said, “Ours is an alliance striving for inclusiveness and fighting for the rights of minorities and others. We are standing up against those bent upon dividing the country on communal lines.”
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“While Tamil Nadu remains a haven of peace, people in BJP-ruled states in the north are deprived of their rights. They are creating a riotous situation, disturbing peace. This election result should be a harbinger of hope for a change of guard at the national level,” she said, and accused the Modi government of withholding the money due to the state for school education on flimsy grounds.
The Union Government has denied the Metro Rail project to Coimbatore, the industrial hub of Tamil Nadu, she pointed out, and promised to bring training centres for small and medium enterprises.
Earlier, in her campaign in the southern districts, Kanimozhi charged the BJP as a party that is out to destroy opposition parties and that EPS should be wary of the saffron party. “We are not like the BJP, which does not want any opposition to exist. We are for an effective opposition. See the fate of those who had aligned with it. Former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has been reduced to a Rajya Sabha MP. AIADMK is the only opposition to us. But it appears that EPS might be packed off to a Raj Bhavan, but which state is not clear,” she said, adding, “Beware of this EPS”.
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