PM Modi has paid little attention to Tamil Nadu: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh

The Congress on Tuesday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging that while he has been visiting Tamil Nadu frequently in the last few weeks he has historically paid little attention to the state reported news agency PTICongress general secretary incharge communications Jairam Ramesh posed questions for the prime minister ahead of his visit to Tamil Nadus Salem and Keralas Palakkad on TuesdayThe prime minister is visiting Salem Tamil Nadu and Palakkad Kerala today Some important questions that he must address While the prime minister has been visiting Tamil Nadu frequently in the last few weeks he has historically paid little attention to the state Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said reported PTIFor instance he did not set foot there during the Cyclone Michaung crisis in December 2023 he claimedThe chief minister of Tamil Nadu has repeatedly urged for the release of Rs 37907 crore from the Modi government for rehabilitation and reconstruction after the cyclone he notedDoes the prime minister plan to fulfil this critical need of the people of Tamil Nadu Congress leader Jairam Ramesh askedDuring Prime Minister Modis visit to Salem he will hopefully notice the numerous textile factories that have either shut down and disposed of machinery or reduced working hours for labourers he said reported PTIAfter having singlehandedly destroyed Indias MSME manufacturing capacities with demonetisation GST and the unplanned COVID19 lockdown what is the prime ministers vision to rescue these textile factories Congress leader Jairam Ramesh askedPrime Minister Modi will address a rally in Salem on Tuesday Alliance party leaders including PMK founder S Ramadoss are likely to attend the public meetingThe BJP has been focusing on the southern state hoping to win as many of the 39 constituencies as part of its mission 400 seats in the coming pollsOn the PMs visit to Kerala Ramesh said Kerala is the state that the prime minister had infamously compared to Somalia Keralas performance on development indicators has been consistently better than all Indian states reported PTIWill the prime minister finally apologise to the people of Kerala for his misleading commentary on the state he asked reported PTIKerala is home to the Western Ghats an extremely fragile but important ecosystem In the last 10 years under Modis tutelage there have been continuous assaults on its ecosystem he allegedThe Modi government has diluted all environment and forest laws to help a few favoured corporates and perhaps to repay the debts incurred for their purchase of the BJPs electoral bonds Will the prime minister come clean on what his motivations were when he was diluting our environmental protection regime to favour his corporate friends Ramesh said and asked the PM to break his silence on these issues reported PTIWith inputs from PTI