DMK MP accuses Centre of treating southern states in ‘step-motherly’ manner

Rajya Sabha DMK member Tiruchi Siva on Tuesday accused the BJP-led NDA government of treating southern states in a ‘step-motherly’ manner and punishing them for performing well on public health parameters.
Initiating a discussion on the working of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in the Upper House, Siva, a member from Tamil Nadu said the delimitation will have “very bad consequences” for southern states, which have controlled population, whereas in northern states it has gone up. He also criticised the Centre for decreasing allocation on health in the Union Budget and earmarking a meagre amount for research on medicine.
“Southern states always stand first that’s why we are victimised. That’s why we are penalised. For everything we are not taken care of. We are being ignored for the way we are performing very well. We have never heard that an outstanding student is punished anywhere but only in our country,” Siva said. He alleged that the Centre is treating southern states with “a step-motherly attitude” and looking at them with partiality.