BJP national president Amit Shah on Monday exhorted the party office-bearers in Tamil Nadu to work towards the formation of a corruption-free government in the State and said the alliance, which could be decided after September, would be strong enough to root out corruption.
Shah claimed Narendra Modi government has allocated about Rs 510,000 crore funds for various projects in Tamil Nadu in four years of its rule while the earlier Congress government gave far less to the state.
Shakti Kendra office-bearers should take the party to the booth level, he said, adding that in October, over 1.25 lakh in charge of all booths would be meeting in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. So, all booth-level works should be completed by September, he told the office-bearers.
Shah, who is here to discuss the party strategy in Tamil Nadu for next year’s general elections, will be meeting party leaders and also booth-level workers.
The Tamil Nadu visit is part of Shah’s national tour to discuss the party’s plans for the next Lok Sabha polls.
In contrast to his maiden speech in Tamil Nadu in December 2014, in which he called upon the people to end the cyclical misrule of the Dravidian parties and to take Tamil Nadu on board with Narendra Modiās mission for growth, on Monday he avoided mentioning the names of Dravidian majors. Addressing the gathering of over 16,000 Shakti Kendra office-bearers of the party from across the State at a private beach resort on the outskirts of Chennai, Amit Shah said, āThe BJP had removed corruption in many States by forming a government in those States.
He also said that it is only BJP which is committed to preserving the Tamil pride and pointed out that railway tickets are now printed in Tamil.
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