NDA will ensure good governance in Tamil Nadu: Tamilisai
COIMBATORE: The National Democratic Alliance ensures good governance in other states, and the same will happen in Tamil Nadu, former BJP state president Tamilisai Soundararajan said on Friday.
Speaking to reporters at the Coimbatore International Airport, Tamilisai reiterated that any party joining the NDA is a grand party.
When asked about talks of a coalition govt in the state, she said BJP leaders in Delhi would handle those matters and that she would not comment on it. She denied any rift between the AIADMK and the BJP.
Tamilisai alleged that kidney trafficking was happening in the state, with irregularities reported in Namakkal where organs were transplanted in foreigners in violation of regulations.
She alleged that the transplants were conducted in a hospital run by a DMK functionary, bypassing legal procedures.
'As per available information, if a man regularly consumes alcohol from Tasmac outlets, he will spend at least Rs 6,000 a month. The govt is giving Rs 1,000 to women but taking Rs 6,000 from the same household through alcohol sales,' she said.
She said when chief minister M K Stalin and DMK MP
Kanimozhi
were in the opposition, they protested against Tasmac by holding black flag demonstrations in front of their residences and promised to shut down liquor shops once in power.
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'But that never happened. Women should realise this,' she added.
When asked about AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami's promise to give Rs 1,500 to women if voted to power, she said he would control Tasmac outlets and that the BJP would support him. 'We have a plan to ensure that the Rs 1,500 doesn't go towards alcohol purchases. We will reveal the plan if we come to power. We are part of the alliance, and good governance will follow,' she said.
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