Chief Minister M K Stalin has sought an appointment with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, September 20, to press for the release of the pending funds due to the State.
Since the Prime Minister will be on a tour of the US from September 21, Stalin wants to meet him before that and prevail upon him the need for releasing the Rs 573 crore funds under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) scheme that had held back by the Union Government as the State was opposed to the implementation of the New Education Policy.
Another grouse of the Chief Minister against the Union Government was the non-release of funds meant for the second phase of theĀ Chennai Metro Rail Project, on which the State had started the work but has been waiting for the Union Governmentās share of funds.