Chennai, Aug 17: Chief Minister M.K. Stalin met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to thank him for inaugurating the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad & NEET, National Education Policy (NEP), and Cauvery River-related issues. The Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill, the Cauvery river water issue and Mekedatu dam proposal of Karnataka, the anti-NEET Bill pending with the Centre, and the National Education Policy 2020, are among the issues he is set to take up with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Wednesday.
Stalin called on President Droupadi Murmu and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar and described the meeting, a courtesy visit, as satisfactory.
This is the first time the Chief Minister is visiting them after they assumed office. “I conveyed my greetings to them,” he told reporters in Delhi. Though he was invited, the Chief Minister said he could not take part in the swearing-in ceremony of Murmu and Dhankar due to circumstances.
The conversations he had with both the President and Vice President were cordial and it was on Tamil Nadu’s political scenario and ‘Aatchi sirappukkal’ (excellence in governance/ good governance). Hence, Stalin said the meetings with the top two Constitutional authorities were satisfactory.
On his scheduled meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi later in the day, he said it was to thank him for having inaugurated the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad accepting the Tamil Nadu government’s invitation.
Though he had intended to personally invite Modi to the event, he was unable to do so as he was indisposed due to a COVID-19 infection then. Modi was invited by a delegation led by DMK leader and MP, T R Baalu.
Tamil Nadu’s anti-NEET Bill pending with the Centre, the National Education Policy 2020, the Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill, the Cauvery river water issue and the Mekedatu dam proposal of Karnataka are among the issues he is set to take up with the Prime Minister
