BJP Tamil Nadu president K. Annamalai on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not have any candidate matching his stature in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Addressing the gathering in Anaicut taluk along Jawadhu Hills as part of his “En Mann, En Makkal” roadshow in the district, Mr. Annamalai said Mr. Modi should be re-elected and become the Prime Minister for the third term.
He claimed Tamil Nadu has never seen any farming related development including construction of dams, desilting and deepening of major rivers and irrigation tanks since the reign of K. Kamaraj as Chief Minister in the 1960s.
“The DMK government will be happy only if the rivers are dry because they can do sand mining in it. Today, no one likes to do farming because it has become very difficult to pursue it as a profession,” he charged. Highlighting the promises made by Mr. Modi especially to farmers in terms of revenue generation, Mr. Annamalai claimed it was due to the effort of the Centre, Vellore spiny brinjal, known as Elavambadi Mullu Kathirikai, got the Geographical Indications (GI) tag a few years ago. Likewise, guava from Odugathur village in Anaicut block will get GI tag soon as the Centre is keen on it, he said adding currently guava in Anaicut region is being cultivated over 1,000 acres.
