Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed confidence in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)’s victory in the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, declaring that “the NDA is definitely losing”.
The Prime Minister, who led a high-octane roadshow in Nagercoil, about 600 km south of Chennai, campaigned for the alliance candidates ahead of the April 23 elections.
Prime Minister Modi, who arrived from Thiruvananthapuram by helicopter, began a 2-km roadshow from Vipamudu Junction to Vadassery. He was joined atop a flower-decorated vehicle by AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami, BJP state president Nainar Nagendran, and senior leaders K. Annamalai and Pon Radhakrishnan.
Elections for 234 Assembly seats in Tamil Nadu are scheduled to be held on April 23, and the counting of votes is scheduled to take place on May 4. The Bharatiya Janata Party is competing for 27 seats.
In his interaction with NDA candidates and leaders later, Prime Minister Modi expressed confidence that the NDA will win the state elections. “The NDA definitely wins. DMK definitely loses. We will also vote for a better Tamil Nadu, and a Fixit (evolved) Tamil Nadu,” he said.
During the procession, the Prime Minister also paid floral tributes to images of icons from across the political spectrum, including BR Ambedkar, former prime ministers K. Kamaraj, C. N. Annadurai, and M. G. Ramachandran.
BJP candidates present on the occasion include Nainar Nagendran (Sattur), M R Gandhi (Nagercoil), Ananthan Ayyasamy (Vasudevanallur-SC), KRM Radhakrishnan (Tiruchendur), T Sivakumar (Kolachil), JBS K Nagenthran (Ramanathapuram), S Vijayadareni (Velavan Code), P Ramesh (Padmanabhapuram).
Security measures were tightened during the high-level visit, with more than 2,000 police personnel deployed across the city to manage the massive turnout and ensure the safety of the senior leadership.
