Chennai: In Tamil Nadu, Bharatiya Janta Party has announced that it will gift a gold ring to each infant born on Narendra Modi’s birthday which is tomorrow September 17.
The state’s BJP unit will also distribute 720 kilograms of fish under the scheme, Daily News and Analysis reported.
The state’s minister L Murugan has informed that the party has chosen RSRM hospital for the scheme. According to him, every ring will weigh 2 grams. “It will be about 2-gm gold per ring which is about Rs 5000,’’
The party’s local unit has estimated about 10-15 deliveries at the particular hospital on that day. “This is not a freebie. We are just celebrating our Prime Minister’s birthday by welcoming babies born on that day,’’ he said.
“We have chosen chief minister MK Stalin’s constituency to give away 720kg fish. The Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojna (PMMSY) scheme encourages fish consumption and so, we are distributing it. Of course, we know that the PM is vegetarian,’’ said the fisheries minister. They arrived at the 720 figure as Modi is turning 72 this year.
