CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu BJP state spokesperson A.N.S. Prasad on Thursday strongly criticised Chief Minister M.K. Stalin for alleging that the Union Government had denied Metro rail projects to Coimbatore and Madurai out of “vindictive revenge”.
Prasad claimed the Chief Minister was “peddling venomous lies” instead of admitting that the state’s own faulty submissions stalled the projects.
Prasad said it was “unfortunate and unbecoming” of a Chief Minister to accuse the Centre of discrimination when, in fact, the Union Government was following the Metro Rail Policy, 2017, which applies uniformly across India.
“The Chief Minister is deliberately misleading the people. The policy clearly states that Metro projects will be considered only for cities whose population exceeds 20 lakh as per the Census data used in the DPR. No exception has been made for any state, ” he asserted.