PM Modi addresses rally in Coimbatore: ‘Rise of ordinary women creates trouble for DMK and Congress’

Yesterday, while talking about the failure of the constitutional amendment regarding women’s reservation in Parliament, Prime Minister Modi said that he was anguished and angry at the outcome. “Today I want to express my pain and anger among my people. I personally call on all political parties to support this bill. I tell them clearly that they can take the credit; I have no objection. I just want more sisters from ordinary families to come to parliament and rallies,” he said.Attacking the opposition, including DMK and Congress, for the bill’s failure, he said, “DMK, Congress and their allies have made it a target of hatred and petty politics,” he said.On Thursday, he further protested against the ruling DMK for wearing black clothes, saying, “The DMK cannot hide their wrong intentions by wearing black clothes. People know your black deeds and you can no longer escape them.”The Prime Minister accused the party of failing to support women. The DMK has “hurt women” in Tamil Nadu and “is also not standing with women in Parliament”, he said, adding that the party will get repercussions for its “anti-women stance”.“Why are the DMK and Congress troubled to see women rising? These single-parent family parties want power to remain confined within their own families,” he said. He added, “Tamil Nadu has reached two new levels: a family’s wealth and national debt; the DMK’s top family is getting richer, while every Tamil Nadu is facing increasing debt.” “DMK’s policy is ‘by family, of family, for family’. The chief minister, deputy chief minister, prominent Delhi MPs, film houses, media houses and so on are all controlled by a family. Even senior politicians are humiliated in front of the lowest members of the family. Whenever I meet people from Tamil Nadu, they tell me that family rivalry is fierce here. The rivalry is between sons and sons-in-law. They are competing who can loot more,” the Prime Minister said.