Speaking after distributing welfare assistance at a function in RK Nagar here, he said that at the party-level the AIADMK and BJP were separate and had their own different ideologies.
"Our ideology is different. Their ideology is different. Their party is different our party is different. But when it comes to governance, schemes needed for the people could be implemented only if cordial ties are maintained with the central government," he said.
Pointing to the proposed second phase of Chennai Metro project to be taken up at a cost of Rs 79,000 crore, Palaniswami said late chief minister Jayalalithaa wanted to implement the expansion project.
His government had taken it up with the Centre which had assured to consider it, he said adding their "Amma (Jayalalithaa) government is implementing her wishes."
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The scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of the 70th birth anniversary of Jayalalithaa, he noted.
It was because of the cordial equations, the Central government had announced infrastructural projects worth several thousands crores to Tamil Nadu, he said.
Such assistance had not been made to the state even when DMK was in power or when its leader T R Baalu was the surface transport minister, he added.
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