BJP-led govt has allotted TN more funds than UPA regimes, says Modi

PM inaugurates new Pamban bridge, claims some have habit of complaining without reason

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Ramanathapuram

THE BJP-led central government has provided Tamil Nadu three times the funds allocated by the earlier UPA regimes, of which the DMK was a part, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Rameswaram on Sunday, in an indirect attack on the Dravidian major which is in power in Tamil Nadu.

His government's allocations had boosted Tamil Nadu's economic and industrial growth, he said.

"Yet, some people have a habit of complaining without reason and they keep crying about things. Let them cry," he added, during his address at a government event to open the first vertical span sea railway bridge at Pamban and flag off a train service linking the island to the mainland. He also dedicated various completed projects worth ₹8,300 crore to the nation and laid foundation stone for the four-laning works of a section of NH-40. Chief Minister MK Stalin, who earlier urged the PM to allay TN's concerns about delimitation, skipped the event although state ministers were in attendance.