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| Piyush Goyal said unless there was a change in government in Tamil Nadu, he would be unable to make a significant impact (video below) |
MoS for Power Piyush Goyal has made a blistering attack on Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa saying he had no way of accessing her.
Speaking at the CII Young India meet in New Delhi and responding to a question on power reforms in Tamil Nadu, Piyush Goyal did not hold back.
He said Tamil Nadu was “...a state within a state, a part of the country where I cannot reach out to the Chief Minister.”
The video below shows him saying he had access to 28 states in this country, but for the 29th state when he wanted to talk to someone, he could not.
"I call up and talk to the Power Minister of the state, and he says he will get back to me after he speaks with Amma,” Piyush Goyal ridiculed.
He also criticised the AIADMK MPs’ performance in the Parliament, who he said wouldn't "open their mouth" unless their script was sanitized by Amma.
He said he had been able to reach out to the Chief Minister only once in he last two years and nothing had come off it.
“I was only able to reach out to the CM once in 22 months and that too through many back channels. She promised to send a team to discuss power sector reforms, and the team met me. But to date they haven’t signed up."
He compared Tamil Nadu's no-show with Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, where Akhlesh Yadav and Nitish Kumar were working with the centre to implement the reforms despite political rivalry.
Piyush Goyal said unless there was a change in government in Tamil Nadu, he would be unable to make a significant impact.
However, opposition leader Karunanidhi has asked slammed Jayalalithaa government over Piyush Goyal's public criticism.