Centre gives ₹276cr flood relief, CM slams BJP for 'meagre' sum

AFTER much political wrangling and efforts by Tamil Nadu, including filing of a case before the Supreme Court and multiple meetings with the central authorities, the union government has released 276.10 crore to the state as relief for Cyclone Michaung, which affected the northern districts in December 2023, and for flood damage suffered by the southern districts in January this year.

Almost all the non-BJP parties of the state slammed the centre for giving Tamil Nadu such "meagre" amount. "People are watching every move of the BJP government which is betraying Tamil Nadu by providing neither justice nor money," Chief Minister MK Stalin said in a post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter). "The state government had sought 37,907 crore and had already spent 2,477 crore on relief measures during the calamities," the CM pointed out in the post.

Commenting on the development, CPM's Madurai Lok Sabha candidate Su Venkatesan said, "What BJP has towards Tamil Nadu is not anger. It is hatred, endless hatred."