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NDA winning, DMK losing for sure, declares PM Modi after Nagercoil roadshow
Elections to 234 Assembly seats in Tamil Nadu will be held on April 23, with the counting of votes scheduled on May 4.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday exuded confidence in a National Democratic Alliance (NDA) victory in the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, declaring that the “DMK is losing for sure.”
Leading a high-octane roadshow in Nagercoil, approximately 600 km south of Chennai, the prime minister campaigned for alliance candidates ahead of the April 23 elections.
PM Modi, who arrived from Thiruvananthapuram by helicopter, commenced the 2-km roadshow from Veppamoodu Junction to Vadaseri. He was joined atop a flower-decked vehicle by AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami, BJP state president Nainar Nagendran, and senior leaders K. Annamalai and Pon Radhakrishnan.
Elections to 234 Assembly seats in Tamil Nadu will be held on April 23, with the counting of votes scheduled on May 4. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is contesting 27 seats.
In his interaction with the NDA candidates and leaders later, PM Modi exuded confidence that the NDA will win the state elections. “NDA is winning for sure. DMK is losing for sure. And we will also vote for better Tamil Nadu, Viksit (developed) Tamil Nadu,” he said.
During the procession, the PM also paid floral tributes to portraits of icons across the political spectrum, including B R Ambedkar, and former chief ministers K. Kamaraj, CN Annadurai and MG Ramachandran.
Among the BJP candidates present on the occasion were Nainar Nagendhran (Sattur), M R Gandhi (Nagercoil), and Ananthan Ayyasamy (Vasudevanallur-SC), KRM Radhakrishnan (Tiruchendur), T Sivakumar (Colachel), GBS K Nagenthran (Ramanathapuram), S Vijayadharini (Velavancode), P Ramesh (Padmanabhapuram).
Security was tight for the high-profile visit, with over 2,000 police personnel deployed across the town to manage the massive turnout and ensure the safety of the top leadership.
