Stalin satisfied with PM’s meet

Chennai, Mar 31 : On his first day programme in New Delhi on his third visit to the National capital, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin tonight expressed full satisfaction on his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Rounding off his day’s programmes there, he told reporters that he was immensely with the meeting with the Prime Minister, who responded very positive to the 14-point charter of demands submitted to him. Summing up his first day programmes, he said he met Mr Modi, Congress President Sonia Gandhi (at the Parliament annexe), on Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari. Expressing satisfaction over his meeting with Mr Modi, he said the Prime Minister has assured to look into the demands put forth by him. He said during his meeting with Mr Modi and Mr Amit Shah he had specifically insisted on seeking exemption from NEET and said the second resolution passed by the State Assembly last month was yet to be forwarded by the Governor to President for his assent. On Mekedatu dam issue with Karnataka, he apprised the Prime Minister, who had promised to take genuine action on the issue. He said he had discussed about flood related dues to be given by the Centre with Amit Shah, road development projects, including extension of the Chennai-Maduravoyal project till Sriperumbudur and six-laning of Chennai-Kanniyakumari highway with Mr Gadkari, setting up of Defence Aviation Hub at Comibatore with Mr Rajnath Singh. On his meeting with Ms Sonia, he said he had made it point to meet her whenever her visited Delhi and assured that she would be present at the inauguration of Anna-Kalignar DMK headquarters at Deendayal Marg on April two along with former Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi. He said he would be meeting Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Industries Minister Piyush Goyal tomorrow. Meanwhile, ever since Stalin landed in New Delhi, leaders of various parties, including those from the Left Parties met him at the Tamil Nadu house. GV 1950