All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Sonia Gandhi today blamed the AIADMK Government for not coming to the rescue of the flood-affected people in Tamil Nadu.

She also charged the BJP Government at the Centre for not providing adequate relief to Tamil Nadu, especially for the small scale industries, adding that it had also failed to settle insurance claims for the rain-hit victims in the State.

“The Union Finance minister promised that insurance claims submitted by flood victims will be settled in four weeks. Now it is four months, no such thing has happened”, she alleged.

“Did they lend a helping hand to you and provide the solace you needed ?”, she asked about the ruling party.

Claiming that the Centre had reduced allocations for various welfare schemes for SC, ST, women and children, Sonia said the AIADMK did not protest against this and continued to support the Modi Government in Parliament.

On the DMK-Congress combine’s promise of imposing prohibition in the State, the AICC leader said “because of our strong and uncompromising position on banning liquor, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu was forced to clarify her position”.

Stating that Indian fishermen were continuously attacked by Lankan navy, besides capturing their boats in mid-sea, the Congress Chief said: ”Modi Government instead of protecting fishermen, was allowing foreign fishermen to come to our waters for fishing, following which lakhs of fishermen families were under severe stress”.

Sonia also alleged that since development and progress of the State had come to a standstill, farmers who could not get water for irrigation were pushed to suicide.