He recalled that Tamil Nadu was the sole state to oppose the delimitation exercise, alleging that the Centre had conspired to reduce the state’s parliamentary representation. “If (Delimitation in the present form) has been established it will cause a huge loss for the state in the Parliament,” he warned.The CM noted that his party’s MPs have raised concerns in Parliament over the delimitation issue, the alleged imposition of Hindi, and the allocation of funds to Tamil Nadu.Earlier, Stalin inaugurated and inspected a new 700-bed healthcare facility at the Government Medical College Hospital in the district, which was built with an investment of Rs 143.69 crore.He acknowledged that constructing a hospital in a hilly region like Udhagamandalam was challenging, but credited the efforts of Minister E V Velu (Minister for Public Works) for making the project a realityTaking a dig at the previous AIADMK government, Stalin said a proposal to establish a medical hospital was mooted by the then Chief Minister (Edapadi K Palaniswami), but it was only implemented during the current regime.During his visit to the hill station, Stalin also announced a slew of projects to Udhagamandalam, which includes a multi-level car parking facility, ‘Hop-on, Hop-off’ tourist bus facility among others.Later at a meeting in Coimbatore, Stalin accused the Centre of “betraying” the state by not allocating funds to it.”Despite facing such a betrayal, Tamil Nadu is top ranked in all sectors,” he said, at the event organised by Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi (KMDK), which is an ally of the DMK.Had a government been in power at the Centre that allocated funds to the state, Tamil Nadu would have secured top rank on the global stage, Stalin said.Referring to his earlier speech at Udhagamandalam, where he sought an appointment to meet the PM for presenting a memorandum on the delimitation exercise, Stalin said, “So far we have not received any kind of information from the Centre on meeting him.”Claiming that he sought clarification the stand on the delimitation exercise during Modi’s visit to the State, the CM said, “what can we say when people deliberately do not respond to issues faced by the people.””I appeal to you all to make sure that in the forthcoming elections, there is no place for those who deliberately ignored addressing public issues.”
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