Govt. not ignoring Coimbatore: Stalin
The Hindu
‘The charge is politically motivated’
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said on Sunday that his government was not ignoring Coimbatore with regard to COVID-19 management. The government treated all districts equally, he said, countering the charge that the western district was being overlooked for political reasons. “The allegation is politically motivated. Those levelling the allegation should look at [COVID-19] facilities we have created after assuming office,” he told journalists after reviewing the measures taken to contain the spread of the pandemic in the western districts. Mr. Stalin, who earlier visited a COVID-19 ward at a city hospital dressed in a PPE suit, pointed out that the second highest vaccinated district after Chennai was Coimbatore. “As many as 5.85 lakh people have been vaccinated in Coimbatore. Of them, 1.51 lakh were vaccinated after the DMK returned to power on May 7,” he said on a day when the hashtag, #GoBackStalin, trended on Twitter, before being overtaken by #WeStand WithStalin.
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