BJP: No secret talks with DMK for Lok Sabha elections

Coimbatore: The BJP is not holding any secret talks with the DMK for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, said Vanathi Srinivasan, a former party MLA and Mahila Morcha president.

“There is nothing unusual in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s participation in a state government function,” he said on Saturday, referring to the inauguration of the Khelo India Youth Games in Chennai a day earlier. He said that the participation of the Prime Minister and the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu in any government program cannot be considered as a meeting of the alliance.

The Prime Minister has released necessary funds to Tamil Nadu for flood related relief operations. Vanathi further said, the PM has given both care and money to the people of the state.

Responding to a question on whether the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya is being done keeping in mind the upcoming 2024 parliamentary elections, Vanathi said it was planned by a committee that was formed after the Supreme Court order. Was.

“We should not link the temple event with elections. Elections are held frequently in the country,” the MLA said. He also remarked that his party would welcome it if the Tamil Nadu government declared a holiday on Monday to commemorate the consecration of the Ram Temple.