Tamil Nadu CM Stalin Meets PM Modi, Discusses Key Issues Of Southern State

The Chief Minister presented to Murmu, Modi and Dhankar collections of Tamil Nadu's various traditional rice and millet varieties, including 'Mappillai Samba' (red rice) and 'Thinai' (foxtail millet).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin during a meeting in New Delhi

New Delhi: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed state-specific development issues with him on Wednesday, news agency PTI reported.

According to the report, Stalin also met President Droupadi Murmu and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and termed the meeting as satisfactory. On his Twitter handle, Stalin said that he visited PM Modi and discussed the key issues pertaining to the development of the southern state.

The Chief Minister presented to Murmu, Modi and Dhankar collections of Tamil Nadu's various traditional rice and millet varieties, including 'Mappillai Samba' (red rice) and 'Thinai' (foxtail millet).

He said that he also thanked PM Modi for having inaugurated the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad in Chennai.

According to the report, CM Stalin also spoke to Congress party's top leader Sonia Gandhi over phone and enquired about her health.

Speaking to reporters ahead of his meeting with Modi in Delhi, Stalin said that he would take up issues like the Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill, Cauvery River water issue and the Mekedatu dam proposal of Karnataka.

Among other issues, he said he would be raising the anti-NEET Bill pending with the Centre and the Union government's National Education Policy 2020.

Notably, this is the first time the Chief Minister is visiting Murmu and Dhankar after they were sworn in as the President and Vice President of India. "I conveyed my greetings to them," he said.

Though he was invited, CM Stalin said he could not take part in the swearing-in ceremony of Murmu and Dhankhar due to circumstances.

As per reports, 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).

CM Stalin wrapped up his one-day visit to Delhi and returned to Chennai.