TNCC Chief mocks at BJP for not aiding post storm clean-up

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Press Trust of India Chennai
Last Updated : Dec 18 2016 | 3:57 PM IST
Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president Su Thirunavukkarasar today charged the BJP leaders with not doing anything for the post cyclone clean-up efforts in the State, though the saffron party leaders posed for pictures espousing the Swachh Bharat campaign.
"They (BJP leaders) posed for pictures hailing the Swachh Bharat mission and they claimed to clean-up and now they did nothing for the post cyclone clean-up efforts," he told reporters here at the airport.
Thirunavukkarasar said the BJP leaders used the clean-up drive only for propaganda and photo opportunities and when a need arose for such efforts they did not deliver.
The remark of the state unit Congress chief comes against the background of hundreds of trees being cleared by civic workers, from the city roads.
Cyclone 'Vardah' uprooted several trees, which fell everywhere blocking traffic in many locations in Chennai and neighbouring districts of Tiruvallur and Kanchipuram.
Condemning the fuel price hike, the TNCC Chief said, "The Centre did not lower the price when the crude prices were falling and now they have hiked the rate by passing the buck on the climbing crude prices."
It did not bother about the impact of fuel price hike on the people, he said.
He also urged the Centre to sanction Rs 5000 crore for Tamil Nadu towards cyclone relief and rehabilitation efforts.

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First Published: Dec 18 2016 | 3:57 PM IST

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