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Modi praised Tamil Nadu Covid efforts out of political compulsion, says MK Stalin

CHENNAI: DMK president M K Stalin on Thursday said political compulsions and AIADMK’s support to the farm bills, moved by the BJP government at the Centre, had forced Prime Minister Narendra Modi to praise Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami for his government’s efforts to tackle the Covid pandemic. “Palaniswami has long left it to God to contain the pandemic. The AIADMK government had completely failed in its efforts to contain Covid-19 spread in Tamil Nadu, where more than five lakh have tested positive and over 9,000 people have died so far. Only political compulsions and the AIADMK’s support to the farms bills could have been the reasons for PM Modi to praise CM Palaniswami,” Stalin said in a statement. PM Modi praised the TN government while participating in a virtual interaction with chief ministers across the country on Wednesday. Stalin said more than 1.5 lakh people were infected and more than 3,000 died in state capital Chennai, while in Salem, the CM’s home district, more than 17,000 people have tested positive and 284 people have died. “But the CM has already started his election campaign by going around districts in the name of Covid review meetings.”

The Times of India

2020-09-25

Chennai