Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday denied any injustice to Tamil Nadu by the Centre as claimed by MK Stalin over fund allocation and described as diversionary attempts, the Chief Minister raking up the delimitation issue.
Refuting Stalin's claims, Shah said the Narendra Modi government has provided ₹5,08,337 crore to the state during the 2014-24 period.
Also, he accused Stalin of spreading a misinformation campaign on the delimitation exercise. Seeking to put to rest speculation on the subject, he asserted no southern state including Tamil Nadu would see a reduction in the Parliamentary representation when delimitation will be done on pro-rata basis.
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Stalin has said the the delimitation exercise will impact the southern states, especially Tamil Nadu in the wake of them successfully implementing the family planning programme. He has claimed Tamil Nadu stands to lose 8 out of the 39 Lok Sabha seats due to delimitation and has convened an all-party meeting on March 5 to discuss the matter.
Lashing out at the ruling DMK dispensation on the 'failure' of law and order in the state, Shah, speaking after inaugurating the BJP party office here, said "the anti-national tendency is at all-time high in Tamil Nadu." "Tamil Nadu government provided security during the last journey of 1998 bomb blast accused and mastermind (SA Basha)," the Home Minister said.
He claimed the drug mafia enjoyed a free hand in selling drugs in the state and that illegal mining mafia was making politics corrupt here. Tamil Nadu has the worst law and order situation in the country.
"All the leaders of DMK have got Master's degree in corruption. One leader is involved in a cash-for-job scam, another in money laundering case, third in a disproportionate wealth case, fourth in coal scam and the fifth was involved in ₹6,000 crore CRIDP scam. It seems the DMK has selected the corrupt through the party's members drive," he charged at the event.
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