Prime Minister Narendra Modi upped the ante against the Trinamool Congress on the issue of corruption and dynastic politics and said that parties in the Opposition bloc INDIA such as the TMC and the Congress are bothered only about the development of their families.

In a clarion call to defeat the Mamata Banerjee-led party in Bengal, the Prime Minister, addressing a mega rally in Siliguri, said, “The road to oust the corrupt TMC government from West Bengal will open through the Lok Sabha polls.”

“I have seen mothers of our country struggling for basic amenities. That is why I lay stress on sanitation, free electricity, bank accounts, and tap water to make the lives of our mothers and sisters easier. But here, first, the Left Front and then the TMC government have ignored the basic needs of the people of the state,” he said.

The TMC has been looting the state and created fake job cards to loot central funds under MGNREGA, he alleged.

Attacking the opposition parties over dynastic politics, PM Modi said, “The TMC is only bothered about its nephew, while the Congress is bothered only about the royal family.”

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The ruling DMK and Congress have reached a seat-sharing deal in Tamil Nadu for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Congress will contest on 9 seats in Tamil Nadu and 1 seat in Puducherry. Kamal Haasan’s MNM has also joined the alliance. The seat formula is a rerun of the DMK’s 2019 formula. The Congress had won nine out of the 10 seats it fought in 2019.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin’s party DMK has finalised a seat-sharing pact with its ally Congress. The party has allotted nine seats to the Congress in Tamil Nadu and one in Puducherry – a rerun of its 2019 formula. The Congress had won nine out of the ten seats it fought in 2019. Tamil Nadu has 39 Lok Sabha seats.

M K Stalin and TNCC chief K Selvaperunthagai finalised the deal, in the presence of senior Congress leaders KC Venugopal and Ajoy Kumar.

Earlier in the day, actor Kamal Haasan-led Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) joined the ruling DMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu and extended its support for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. His party has been given one sear for the 2025 Rajya Sabha polls. This was finalised during a meeting between Mr Haasan and Mr Stalin.  According to the understanding arrived at by the two leaders, MNM will do campaign related work in the 39 Lok Sabha seats in TN and the lone Puducherry segment