CM Yogi campaigns for BJP in Tamil Nadu, berates DMK-Cong alliance at poll rally (VIDEO)

New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath hit the BJP campaign trail in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday and appealed to voters for giving the saffron party a chance to form government in the state.

Addressing a public rally in Coimbatore, CM Yogi came down hard on the DMK-Congress alliance for not giving the mothers their due and making insulting and derogatory remarks against them for scoring political points. This was in reference to a DMK leader’s derogatory comment on women, particularly about the mother of chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami.

Addressing the public rally, CM Yogi said that those who cannot respect women do not have the right to come to power.

CM Yogi said, “When we look at the DMK-Congress alliance in Tamil Nadu, we find that they insult mothers and use filthy language for them. Those who can’t respect women, can’t have the right to come to power.”

‘आधी आबादी’ को जो राजनीतिक दल सम्मान नहीं दे सकते, उन्हें सत्ता में आने का अधिकार नहीं मिलना चाहिए। pic.twitter.com/9iV6sTuBtn

— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) March 31, 2021

He further stated that the establishment of a defence corridor by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the then Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman helped India during a surgical strike carried out by the country.

The Chief Minister was referring to the surgical strike carried across the Line of Control in 2016 after the Uri terror attack and aerial strike on a terror camp in Pakistan after the 2019 Pulwama terror attack.

आदरणीय प्रधानमंत्री जी के विजन के अनुरूप तमिलनाडु में स्थापित हो रहा डिफेंस कॉरिडोर भारत को सुरक्षा क्षेत्र में आत्मनिर्भर बनाने के साथ ही प्रदेश को एक नई पहचान देते हुए रोजगार की व्यापक संभावनाओं का विकास करेगा। pic.twitter.com/Y1iVFWNqHe

— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) March 31, 2021

“PM Modi and the then Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman established a defence corridor in Coimbatore as a result of which Wing Commander Abhinandan combated Pakistan when India did a surgical strike on it to protect its border,” said the UP CM.

Single phase polls in TN on April 6

The assembly elections in Tamil Nadu will be held in a single phase on April 6 and the counting of votes will be done on May 2.

Polls will be held for 234 seats in the state with the Congress-DMK and BJP-AIADMK alliance being the major groups contesting against each other.

As many as 6,28,23,749 electors will choose candidates for the 16th legislative assembly in Tamil Nadu.