Namakkal (Tamil Nadu), February 22 Senior BJP leader Tamilisai Soundararajan has launched a sharp attack on the DMK-led Tamil Nadu government, accusing Chief Minister M K Stalin of creating an "artificial" narrative of rights deprivation to hide administrative failures and corruption.
"The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu says that the central government is implementing an artificial economic plan and causing an artificial economic slowdown. He is only creating an artificial deprivation of rights. In Tamil Nadu, it is not the case that anyone is lacking rights or that rights are being snatched away. The Chief Minister is creating a false impression that rights are being suppressed," Soundararajan said.
Addressing a press conference here late Saturday, after meeting with stakeholders to gather input for the party's election manifesto, the former governor asserted that a "double engine government" is the only solution for the state's progress.
"We are in power at the Centre and will also rule the state. This will certainly be a manifesto that provides solutions for the people," she said.
The senior leader criticised the Chief Minister for maintaining a confrontational stance with the Union government.
She said that while the Centre's financial policies remain uniform across the country, the Chief Minister was creating a "maya" or illusion that the state's rights were being snatched.
"There is no separate financial policy for Tamil Nadu and another for Uttar Pradesh. Since the finance policy is the same for all states, we will no longer tolerate the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister speaking as if the state is being neglected or deceived," Soundararajan noted.
