Coimbatore, Feb 27: Launching a scathing attack on the BJP, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said not even a single Lok Sabha seat in southern states, including Tamil Nadu would be reduced under the proposed delimitation exercise.
Speaking after inaugurating a BJP party office at Peelamedu by lighting a lamp and districts offices in Ramanathapuram and Tiruvannamalai via video-conferencing, Amit Shah denied Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President M K Stalin’s charge that Tami Nadu would stand to loose eight Lok Sabha seats under the delimitation exercise to be undertaken based on population.
Stalin also said that delimitation was a damocles sword hanging over the southern states and has called for an all party meeting on March five to discuss the issue and to protect the rights o the State.
Refuting it stoutly, Amit Shah said not even a single seat would be reduced in southern states, including Tamil Nadu under the delimitation process. “Instead the number of seats will go up”, he added.
Asserting that 2025 saw a new dawn for BJP by forming a government in Delhi, Mr Amit Shah the 2026 (when Assembly polls will be held) will saw a new dawn in Tamil Nadu.
Stating that time has come to put an end to DMK’s corrupt and anti-national rule in Tamil Nadu, he said “The year 2025 began with a historic victory in Delhi, and we will conclude 2026 by forming
an NDA government in Tamil Nadu”, he asserted.
“An NDA government is set to be formed in Tamil Nadu. Now, nepotism will come to an end, corruption will be eradicated, and anti-national forces will be rooted out. A new era of development will begin in Tamil Nadu, which will accelerate the overall progress of India,” Amit Shah said.
Appealing to all BJP cadres to brace up with renewed enthusiasm and move forward with impetus to form an NDA government in Tamil Nadu in 2026, the Union Home Minister singling out the
DMK in his attack, said all DMK leaders have earned a master’s degree in corruption.
“One leader is caught in a cash-for-job scam, another in money laundering, a third in disproportionate assets, and a fourth in a coal scam. Even the 2G scam has not been completely settled yet”,
he noted.
Sometimes, it feels like DMK has selectively grants membership only to the most corrupt individuals, he charged.
Refuting Stalin’s allegation that the BJP government at the Centre has not released any funds for Tamil Nadu, Mr Amit Shah said the Centre has released more than Rs five lakh crores for the
State in the last ten years.
“Stalin says that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government at the Centre was treating Tamil Nadu unfairly.
“But in reality, the injustice to Tamil Nadu happened when the Congress-led UPA government was in power at the Centre, and your (the DMK) Ministers were also a part of it”, he said.
After independence, if any leader has done the most for Tamil Nadu’s culture and language, it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
On the opening of three district party offices, Mr Amit Shah said the office of the BJP is different from the offices of other political parties.
“While for other parties, an office is just a workplace, for us, the BJP office is like a temple from where we manage the party’s affairs”, he added.
The three offices inaugurated today will, in the coming days, become centers for public outreach, sensitivity to public sentiments, and mass movements for the BJP, he said.