TIRUPUR: BJP questioned the functioning of DMK MPs, alleging that all that they have done since winning the 2019 Lok Sabha elections was to visit Parliament and protest the central schemes.
“They have been flying to Delhi on public money only to visit the canteen in Parliament. All that they do in Parliament is to raise slogans against welfare schemes brought by the Centre,’’ BJP state vice-president K Annamalai said.
Talking to reporters at Avinashi in Tirupur district after inaugurating the party office, he said there is growing support for BJP in TN. “People of the state have accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s schemes. People want an alternative rule,’’ he said. He said it was only due to false propaganda of DMK that their candidates won in last Lok Sabha elections.
“They have not sat for the sessions in Lok Sabha even for a single day. Whenever the session was underway they would walk out and stand beside the Gandhi statue on the Parliament premises and oppose Central schemes,’’ he alleged.
Later at a public meeting to woo youngsters to the party in Avinashi, Annamalai said the allegation of woman harassment levelled against ABVP president Dr Subbiah Shanmugam cannot be equated with remarks made VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan ‘denigrating’ women. “The issue in the case of Dr Subbiah Shanmugam was between two individuals, which was resolved amicably,’’ he said.
But in the case of Thirumavalavan he had denigrated all the women, he said.