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Chief Minister Vijay puts forward key demands to Prime Minister Narendra Modi!
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News18•11-10-2026, 15:41
Chief Minister Vijay puts forward key demands to Prime Minister Narendra Modi!
  • •Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Chennai and received an enthusiastic welcome from BJP cadres during a roadshow.
  • •Prime Minister Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stones for various welfare and development projects worth approximately Rs. 13,000 crore.
  • •Chief Minister Vijay highlighted the state government's inclusive welfare measures and emphasized cooperative federalism for all-round development.
  • •Demands were made to release pending funds of Rs. 5,000 crore for river-linking and school education, and to approve Coimbatore and Madurai metro rail projects.
  • •Further demands included approving the Hosur-Bommasandra inter-state metro, declaring Tamil as an official language in Madras High Court, and designating Godavari-Cauvery as a national project.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Chennai to inaugurate the Poonamallee – Vadapalani metro rail, dedicate the Sudha Gopalakrishnan Centre for Brain Research at IIT Madras, and lay foundation stones for various welfare projects valued at approximately Rs. 13,000 crore.

Chief Minister Vijay requested the release of Rs. 5,000 crore in pending funds, approval for the Coimbatore, Madurai, and Phase III Chennai metro rail projects, inter-state metro operations between Hosur and Bommasandra, and the declaration of the Godavari – Cauvery river-linking project as a national project.

Chief Minister Vijay put forth several key demands during the public event at Guindy Vidyalaya Ground, which included requesting that Tamil be declared as an official language of proceedings in the Madras High Court.