Amit Shah has launched 'sin yatra' not padayatra in Rameswaram, says TN CM

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin launched a tirade against Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday accusing him of starting a «sin yatra» (pava yatirai in Tamil) from the pilgrim town of Rameswaram and claimed that the BJP is also perpetuating family rule. The Home Minister talks as if family rule is existing only in Tamil Nadu, forgetting the fact that it exists in the BJP too, the Chief Minister said and also questioned the saffron party's sudden affection and pity for the Tamil Nadu fishermen.

«Did the Home Minister visit the state on Friday to inaugurate the AIIMS project or any scheme announced by the Centre? He has come to launch a pava yatirai (sin yatra) not padayatra from Rameswaram, for what happened in Gujarat in 2002 and the violence in Manipur,» Stalin, who is the president of the DMK said addressing a meeting of the party members here. Since the last two months, the Centre was unable to restore peace in the violence-hit northeastern state, the Chief Minister claimed and added «he (Shah) has come to Tamil Nadu to disturb the peace prevailing here.» Shah, who flagged off the «En Mann, En Makkal» (My Land, My People) padayatra by BJP state president K Annamalai on Friday, had slammed the Congress and its allies, including the DMK, saying nothing would happen by changing the name of their alliance to INDIA.

He accused the DMK of perpetuating family rule and said the massacre of Tamils occurred in Sri Lanka, and Tamil fishermen suffered during the UPA regime. He even charged the Congress allies with trying to empower their families and not keen on state welfare.

Stalin said, «I became Chief Minister to serve the people and I feel proud of it. I never dreamed that I would occupy the chair once adorned by