Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday attacked the DMK-Congress combine over corruption and dynasty and said only the AIADMK-BJP alliance can protect those who believe in the culture of Tamil Nadu. Speaking to reporters after attending a road show here in support of BJP s Thousand Lights candidate Khushbu Sundar for the April 6 Assembly elections, the senior leader appealed to the people of the state to ensure a double engine government for Tamil Nadu s development. AIADMK, BJP and PMK are facing the polls as allies under the NDA banner. Only the AIADMK-BJP alliance can protect Tamil Nadu s fishermen, unemployed youth, women and all those having faith in Tamil Nadu s culture, he said and appealed to the voters to choose the NDA candidates with a massive majority.
The Election Commission on Saturday informed the Kerala High Court that three Assembly constituencies bordering Tamil Nadu will be sealed on the day of the state assembly elections on April 6. The EC said central forces would also be deployed in problematic booths in the three constituencies Udumbanchola, Peerumedu and Devikulam Assembly seats in Idukki district. A submission in this regard was made when the court considered the petition filed by UDF candidates of these constituencies, seeking a direction to the Commission to seal the entry points of the constituencies through which vehicles enter through Tamil Nadu border and deploy central forces for protection in the problematic booths there.
People of Tamil Nadu do not accept the AIADMK-BJP alliance, and the DMK-led front would emerged victorious in April 6 Assembly elections, said Dinesh Gundu Rao, AICC in-charge of the state, on Saturday. Seeking votes for Thirumagan Evera, the Congress candidate for Erode east constituency, he said Thirumagan is the great grandson of radical EVR Periyar and son of former TNCC president E V K S Elangovan, both noted for honesty and self-respect. The Congress leader criticised the income-tax raid on the house of DMK president M K Stalin s daughter and said the BJP has destroyed democracy by using the government agency to arrange the raid just to defame the Secular Progressive Front consisting of the DMK-Congress and other parties.
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Nearly 9,000 units and 800,000 workers, who are employed directly and indirectly, are on strike after the Rs 50,000-crore knitwear industry in Tamil Nadu s Tirupur on Monday decided to protest againt the spike in yarn prices. According to industry sources, the production loss is estimated to be around Rs 165 crore due to the strike. As many as 27 knitwear stakeholders associations and 8 trade unions have called for the strike, which will involve about 9,000 worker units, catering to both domestic and export markets. These units employ around 800,000 workers directly or indirectly. The turmoil in garment manufacturing the lynchpin of Tirupur s economy has had a cascading effect on the entire value chain in the region, said Raja Shanmugham, president of Tirupur Exporters Association.