Congress, DMK responsible for sufferings of Tamil Nadu fishermen, says Rajnath Singh

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh blames Congress and DMK for Tamil Nadu fishermen's sufferings, praises Modi government's diplomatic efforts with Sri Lanka.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has blamed the Congress and the DMK as being responsible for the sufferings of Tamil Nadu fishermen and Eelam Tamils.

The Congress and the DMK are responsible for the sufferings of Tamil Nadu fishermen and Eelam Tamils, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has said.

He was addressing an election rally in Tiruvarur on Monday to canvass votes for M. Ramesh Govind, the party’s nominee for the Nagapattinam Lok Sabha constituency.

The diplomatic relationship forged by the Narendra Modi government with Sri Lanka had brought great relief to the fishermen community. Earlier, several fishermen had been arrested by the Sri Lankan government, some of whom had even lost their lives, Mr. Singh said.

Both the Congress and the DMK had done a great injustice to the fishermen of the State by ceding Katchatheevu to Sri Lanka, he said.

Mr. Singh said that while other parties were busy with family politics, the nation came first for the BJP. “This is the reason for the importance given to transforming the younger generation into job creators. The startup movement has resulted in the formation of more than 1.25 lakh startups in the country,” the Minister said.

Terming the Congress and the DMK ‘anti-women’, given their stand on the Women’s Reservation Bill and their alleged belittling of Hindu Goddesses in public fora, Mr. Singh exhorted women to teach the DMK and its alliance partners a lesson.