DMK and Congress leaders keep insulting women, says Modi in TN rally
Live MintPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched yet another blistering attack on the DMK and Congress, charging that their leaders "keep insulting women", while pointing out that the NDA schemes are aimed at empowering women. Addressing an election rally here seeking votes for NDA candidates including from ally AIADMK for the April 6 Assembly polls, Modi said the late Chief Minister M G Ramachandran's vision for inclusive development and prosperous society "inspires us." Slamming DMK and Congress over the bull taming sport jallikattu, Modi said it was banned in 2011 by the Congress- led UPA, with the Dravidian party being in "big ministries" in the Centre. When in 2016-17 the people of Tamil Nadu wanted a solution and wanted jallikattu to continue, "I could sense their pain," Modi said.