TN Assembly polls | DMK, Congress will not guarantee women empowerment, says Modi

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the Congress will not guarantee women empowerment as “insulting women” is part of the tradition of those two events, alleged Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an election assembly in Dharapuram on Tuesday. 

Without naming DMK MP A. Raja, whose allegedly derogatory remarks on the “birth” of Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami brought on a stir not too long ago, he mentioned that the DMK and the Congress had launched “their outdated 2G missile” focusing on the women of the State. 

“I want to tell the Congress and DMK: the people of Tamil Nadu are noting everything. They will never tolerate [an] insult to the women of the State,” Mr. Modi mentioned, warning each the Opposition events to “control” their leaders. 

Urging folks by no means to overlook March 25, 1989, when he mentioned the DMK mistreated then Leader of Opposition Jayalalithaa within the Legislative Assembly, he claimed that the occasion would possibly insult “many other women of Tamil Nadu” if elected to energy. The “anti-women mindset” of the Opposition events is not restricted to Tamil Nadu, he claimed, citing the latest loss of life of the mom of a BJP employee in West Bengal after an alleged assault by the “goons” from the Trinamool Congress. He mentioned the Congress or DMK had not condemned this. 

“We in the NDA (National Democratic Alliance) are inspired by the thoughts and ideals of the great Andal and Avvaiyar. We believe that the progress of society is not complete without empowerment of women,” Mr. Modi asserted. He cited schemes resembling growing bathroom protection below Swachh Bharat, distribution of LPG connections below the Ujjwala Yojana, and maternity profit distribution below the Pradhan Mantri Matri Vandana Yojana, which had been launched by the Central authorities for the welfare of women. 

Mr. Modi assured that organising of a defence industrial hall and a toy cluster to fabricate “top quality toys for the world” will profit many within the State. The Central authorities has sanctioned ₹14,000 crore for the three.5 lakh micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) models within the State and has “initiated reforms that will free small farmers from middlemen,” he mentioned. 

Mr. Modi addressed the viewers in English as BJP Mahila Morcha chief and Coimbatore South Assembly constituency candidate Vanathi Srinivasan translated his speech into Tamil. 

Beginning his speech with chants of “Vetrivel Veeravel,” he described Dharapuram as one of many oldest cities within the State, which had produced personalities resembling Tiruppur Kumaran and Dheeran Chinnamalai. He talked about that the folks of Dharapuram are “eagerly awaiting a rail link” and that the Central authorities is “positively looking at that demand”. 

He appealed to the voters to vote for NDA candidates, together with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and the Paattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) within the Assembly election. 

AIADMK coordinator O. Panneerselvam and co-coordinator Edappadi K. Palaniswami, Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) chief G.K. Vasan and BJP State president and Dharapuram (Reserved) constituency candidate L. Murugan additionally addressed the gathering.