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Lashing out at Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today alleged he had done nothing either for his Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency or for the state.
"Not only me, the entire Tamil Nadu knows he has not done anything for the state," Jayalalithaa told an election meeting here.
The Centre had given concessions to entrepreneurs who started industries in some states,the same could have been extended to the state."But he did not do it. He did not wish to do good things for Tamil Nadu," she said.
"On the other hand, under the guise of re-estimate of original budget/plan allocations, Chidambaram reduced the amounts orginally sanctioned to Tamil Nadu during the budget/plan presentation," she charged.
"Can Mr Chidambaram deny that Tamil Nadu was not given the sanctioned amount of Rs.901.70 crore under various educational department schemes? Can he deny that the Centre did not allocate Rs.931 crore earmarked for road maintenance in Tamil Nadu?," she said.
Referring to the Finance Minister's reported charge against her that there was no chance for those who were flying to know about what was happening on the ground, Jayalalithaa said that from 1982, she had been travelling the length and breadth of the country.
During 1984, Chidambaram himself had travelled with her in an open jeep. "I have sought vote for him. There is no place in Tamil Nadu where my feet have not touched," she said.
Jayalalithaa said she was travelling by air to avoid hardship to policemen. Besides Chidambaram as Home Minister had written to her about the security threat to her in March 2009, she said, adding he should read that letter.
Jayalalithaa was campaigning for her party candidate Gopalakrishnan here.
