No politics behind Modi-Jaya meet: BJP

BJP on Sunday said that the recent meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Jayalithaa was a “courtesy” call and there was “no politics” behind it. Modi, who was here to launch the National Handloom Day celebrations on August 7, had called on Jayalalithaa at her Poes Garden residence where the AIADMK supremo hosted a lunch for him. TNCC chief E V K S Elangovan had reportedly said the meeting indicated the possibility of BJP and AIADMK coming together for the assembly polls next year. 

Asked about Elangovan and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram’s reported comments that Modi’s visit to Chennai was only to meet Jayalalithaa, Union Minister and senior BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu said: “Congress must be speaking out of its experience when they had met madam Jayalalithaaji.” 

“They should have got some serious hidden <g data-gr-id="16">pacts</g>. We do not have such habits,” he told reporters here and clarified that the meeting between the two leaders was a “courtesy” meeting. “Prime Minister coming and holding a national event in Chennai one must be happy rather than making political sarcastic comments,” he said.