Chennai: Following allegations of Tamil Nadu’s western belt being ignored by the ruling DMK, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin who’s touring the area is going through the wrath of offended netizens and political opponents on Twitter.
The Western belt which is regionally referred to as the ‘Kongu Belt’ is an AIADMK stronghold and largely voted towards the ruling DMK.
Coimbatore, the second largest metropolis in Tamil Nadu and an industrial hub is located within the Kongu belt area.
However, this area is alleged to have been allotted far much less vaccines than Chennai. Coimbatore can also be now the town with most COVID-19 circumstances in Tamil Nadu.
Leaders type the opposition events BJP and AIADMK have been stating the excessive quantity of deaths and spike in circumstances in Coimbatore, when in comparison with Chennai, which is now seeing a day by day decline in COVID-19 numbers.
In a clip of a Tamil TV debate, a DMK spokesperson was seen telling a BJP spokesperson that “if people of Coimbatore are struggling and crying in pain, they must do so before Modi. If they are crying in pain, then WhatsApp it to Modi.”
Notably, Coimbatore South is a crucial Assembly Constituency that elected BJP Women’s wing President Vanathi Srinivasan.
The hashtag #GoBackStalin has been trending with over 1.5lakh tweets and is probably the primary time {that a} Tamil Nadu Chief minister is going through this development when touring a district of his house state.
DMK sympathizers additionally countered the development through the use of hashtags #Welcome_TNCM_Stalin, #WelcomeStalin and likewise by sharing movies of the Chief Minister carrying a PPE Suit, throughout a hospital inspection in Coimbatore on Sunday.
In October 2020, as Leader of Opposition Stalin had paid homage to freedom fighter and non secular chief Muthuramaliga Thevar’s memorial in Ramanathapuram. Back then too, #GoBackStalin trended on Twitter.
Many from the AIADMK and BJP had lashed out on the DMK saying that they’d nothing to do with Thevar’s beliefs of Nationalism and Spiritualism.
In the previous, prime BJP leaders visiting Tamil Nadu have been those to be on the receiving finish of such hashtags trended by the DMK and its allies.
Such #GoBack hashtags had come up when Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah had visited the southern state on totally different events.
On a sure event, the DMK cadre had additionally launched black coloured hydrogen balloons, as a mark of protest, at a time when the Prime Minister’s chopper was to fly by the world.
Currently, Tamil Nadu is reporting practically 31,000 COVID-19 circumstances on a regular basis, whereas the day by day recoveries are round 30,000.
The southern state is recording the utmost COVID-19 circumstances in India.
Daily deaths being reported are over 450 for the previous few days and over 23,000 individuals have misplaced their lives to the pandemic.
Active circumstances within the state are over 3.10 lakh. While the circumstances in capital metropolis Chennai has come down from practically 7,000 to 2,500, it’s the second largest district Coimbatore that’s seeing a spike.
Coimbatore, the Western district is now witnessing over 4,700 day by day circumstances.
