
Congress MP raps Centre over ‘stepmotherly treatment’ of T.N.
The Hindu
It has not announced Madurai airport as an international terminal: Manickam Tagore
Congress MP B. Manickam Tagore on Sunday said the Centre’s stepmotherly treatment of Tamil Nadu continued with non-announcement of Madurai airport as an international terminal and non-setting up of a NEERI branch at Karaikudi to help the fireworks industry.
Talking to reporters here, Mr. Tagore said he welcomed the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Virudhunagar on January 12. He would be the second Prime Minister after Rajiv Gandhi to visit the district..

When reporters brought to her notice the claim by villagers that the late maharaja of Mysore Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar had gifted the land to them, Pramoda Devi Wadiyar said she is not aware of the matter, but sought to assure people that no effort will be made to take back the land that had been gifted by the late maharaja.