Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him and his government of insulting Tamil language and culture, reported NDTV. Gandhi said that Modi was “crippling people of the state” with policies like demonetisation and the Goods and Services Taxes regime.
The former Congress president was addressing a rally in Tamil Nadu’s Erode district ahead of the Assembly elections in the state, which is likely to take place between April and May. This is his second visit to the state in a month.
“The Centre has no respect for Tamil language and Tamil culture,” Gandhi said. “I am not going to allow Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP to disrespect Tamil people…The country is in the hands of five or six business people [and] they think that if they control the state government, they can control the Tamil people. But this is not true.”
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