Chennai: Tamilnadu Chief Minister M K Stalin today left here for New Delhi where he will call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discuss various issues concerning the State.
This is his first visit to New Delhi after assuming office as the Chief Minister of the State.
During his meeting with Modi in the evening, Stalin will submit a memorandum on various issues concerning the welfare of the State.
Issues such as GST dues, Central share of taxes, pending Central allocation for various development schemes and scrapping of NEET, which was one of the poll promises made by the DMK, will be discussed during the meeting, sources said.
Apart from explaining the steps taken by his government to control the spread of the second wave of COVID pandemic, Stalin will also pitch for higher allocation of drugs, essential medicines for Covid and mucormycosis and vaccinations for the State.
He is also likely to take up the issue of release of seven life convicts in the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
He will also prevail upon the Centre on the need to release TN’s share of Cauvery river water by Karnataka as per the Supreme Court order since the Mettur dam was opened to enable farmers take up Kuruvai crop cultivation, besides registering Tamilnadu’s opposition to the Mekedatu Dam project by Karnataka.
He would also seek the immediate intervention of Modi and urge him to instruct the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas to cancel the bid process for extraction of hydrocarbons in Vadatheru block in Cauvery Basin, which has triggered opposition from the farmers and political parties.
He would also urge Modi to hand over to the State on lease basis the Integrated Vaccine Complex set up by HLL Bio-Tech Limited in Chengalpattu, for vaccine production and the need to speed up AIIMS project in Madurai.