The DMK said on Wednesday that it urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take steps to build a new parliament building in a meeting via video link and instead focus on fighting COVID-19 and claimed that the virus The funds announced by the Center to deal with it were insufficient.
Senior leader of the Dravidian party TR Baalu, who represented his party in the video conference, said that he provided relief of Rs 10,000 from the central government to all BPL families in two equal installments besides giving Rs 5,000 as subsidy on all LPG demanded. Users.
Apparently, he indicated that the funds (if any, the center was sluggish to allocate for the new project) could be used to prevent and treat people, among other activities related to fighting the virus.
Balu called on political parties to work together to overcome their differences and eradicate the virus, questioning the rationale behind the Centre’s decision to spend Rs 25,000 crore for the construction of the new Parliament building.
In addition, he raised the issue of around 300 Tamil Nadu fishermen stranded in Iran and took appropriate steps to bring them back.
“The Prime Minister took note of all the points I had emphasized,” he said.
Terming the Kovid-19 epidemic as an “emergency health condition”, he said, “We are facing an emergency health situation and during this hour of crisis we need to cut party lines to prevent coronavirus Must work together. ”
“I made Prime Minister Narendra Modi aware of this during a video conference today,” he said.
