Three days ago, a team of police officers visited Balakrishnan home, he said. K Balakrishnan of the AIKSCC | Photo credit: Twitter@tncpim
Chennai: All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) convenor K Balakrishnan has claimed that he was put under house arrest for the last three days in the wake of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Chennai on Sunday.
Balakrishnan told TOI that the committee had spoken to police regarding a small protest, however, it decided not to organise it.
A team of police officers had visited Balakrishnan’s home in Chennai’s Palavanthangal three days ago.
KOCHI: CPI National General Secretary D Raja on Sunday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi of hopping to poll-bound states, but not finding time to meet representatives of farmers who have been agitating for over two months, demanding repeal of the three contentious agri laws.
The attack against Modi came on a day when he was in the city to inaugurate a slew of development projects, including the Rs 6000 crore petrochemical complex of oil major Bharat Petroleum, hours after his visit to Tamil Nadu for inaugurating the Chennai Metro Rail Phase-I extension and laying the foundation stones of various other schemes.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday handed over to the Indian Army the Arjun Main Battle Tank (MK-1A), which is indigenously designed, developed, and manufactured by the Defence Research and Development Organisation’s Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment. Fifteen academic institutions, eight labs, and several micro, small and medium enterprises also helped in making of the tank, which has 71 new features. “The tank made in Tamil Nadu will be used to protect northern borders. This is another testimony of the Atmanirbhar Bharat, going in full force in the defence sector showcasing Bharat Ekta Darshan,” the PM said. Orders for 118 tanks worth around Rs 8,500 crore have been placed, which will support 200 industries and will create 8,000 jobs. “Chennai is an auto hub, and it will become a hub for battle tanks, said Modi, adding that the defence corridor in Tamil Nadu had already attracted around Rs 8,100 crore investment. “Today we witness the second
AIADMK leans on PM Modi’s visit to shore up poll prospects
February 13, 2021
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But the BJP has thus far failed to convince its alliance partner to patch up with Sasikala in the run-up to the Assembly polls Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Chennai on Sunday underlines the southward incline of the BJP which has thus far failed to convince Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palniswami to reconcile with VK Sasikala to beef up the ruling coalition’s prospects in the upcoming Assembly elections.
The PM would be addressing a public function in the Tamil Nadu capital on Sunday to inaugurate the Chennai Metro Rail Phase-I extension and a host of other projects, an event hailed by the AIADMK as symbolic of the “harmony” between the Centre and the State for the welfare of people. But the two alliance partners are not on the same page so far as getting back Sasikala is concerned.
New Delhi [India], February 13 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala on February 14 and launch numerous development works that would add speed to fulfilling the vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat.