chennai dmk president m k stalin on saturday challenged chief minister edappadi k palaniswami to visit a village without police protection and see if the people identify himspeaking at a function to commemorate former chief minister k kamarajs birth anniversary stalin said the chief minister did not visit areas affected by cyclones ockhi gaja and areas of nilgiris district affected by the recent rain only if someone tells the villagers that the chief minister has come will they recognise him but if i go people will recognise me as i visited them after the natural calamities said stalinhe praised kamaraj and said when the former chief minister was defeated in the 1967 election the winner went to garland anna but anna had refused to accept the garland and said it was sad that kamaraj had been defeatedearlier in a statement stalin accused the centre of furnishing false data about the economy stalin said the country was facing a serious economic crisis and that the centre must take necessary steps to overcome it the centre is in denial about the status of the economy its time the centre stopped giving false data and boosted economic growthsaying the automotive industry which saw continuous growth till 2017 is on a downward spiral since last year stalin said the industry has suffered a 31 drop in sales after the narendra modi government assumed charge for the second timethe industry is facing a crisis due to high gst rates and announcements favouring electric vehicles the loss of the industry has increased to 3000 crore and nearly three lakh workers are in the brink of losing jobs if the situation continues the number will increase to ten lakh warned stalin