Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Wednesday (November 19, 2025) accused the BJP government at the Centre of denying Metro Rail projects for Madurai and Coimbatore on flimsy grounds .

In a post on X, he said, “The Union BJP government has denied Metro Rail for ‘Temple City’ Madurai and for ‘South India’s Manchester’, Coimbatore, on flimsy grounds. A government exists to serve people without bias. Yet the Union BJP treats Tamil Nadu’s democratic choice as a reason to take revenge.”

Mr. Stalin said pushing such a political custom, in which BJP-ruled States get Metros for smaller Tier II cities while opposition-ruled States are deprived, is a disgraceful approach. “Tamil Nadu, the land of Self-Respect, will never accept such a distortion of federal principles,” he added.

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