Chennai: BJP national general secretary P. Muralidhar Rao on Monday flayed the state government for “failing to curb Jihadi terrorism” and alleged that an “absentee leadership has made Tamil Nadu suffer on the development front and law and order issue as well.”
The DMK and also the Congress, which have come together, cannot safeguard the interests of the people, as their track record was not good, he alleged. He claimed the people of Tamil Nadu needed “Mukhya Sevak” to work for them and not a “Mukhya Mantri.”
“Tamil Nadu is ruled by those who are completely inaccessible to common people. People need Mukhya Sevak instead of Mukhya Mantri. The BJP, which has emerged as the only real opposition in Tamil Nadu is capable of providing transformative politics that empowers people,” he maintained.
Speaking to reporters here, he said the BJP would focus on the failure of government and its leadership, besides corruption and total prohibition. Law and order is another vital subject which merited attention. “It is not only Hindu leaders who are killed by Jihadi terrorists, but also Muslims who have become their target. The police who ought to pro-tect people are feeling insecure. They have written to the government seeking postings in places where policewomen will not be molested,” he alleged.
The state could not have a participatory governance with current leadership, he said. His remarks come close on the heels of the Union ministers: Piyush Goyal and Pon. Radhakrishnan, who claimed the Chief Minister was “inaccessible.” Rao said entrepreneurs kept away from the State as it was no longer a safe haven for investment or industrial ventures.
Asked if he and his party’s ministers were training the guns on the State government only with an eye on the Assembly election, he replied, “You go into propaganda mode when you are in a democracy. You reach out to the people who are the sovereign masters of democracy, with facts. Inf-o-rmed debate is important in a democracy.”
As Prabhari (in-charge of Tamil Nadu), he had never supported the State government but criticised it on many issues including the management of the crisis during floods in Chennai. “Our manifesto will also focus on freedom from corruption,” he said.
