vellore launching the bjps campaign in tamil nadu months ahead of the 2024 lok sabha elections union home minister amit shah appealed for votes and victory for his party in more than 25 of the 39 seats in the state and asserted that a government under the leadership of narendra modi would be formed again at the centrei have come to appeal to you all to elect the bjp and its allies in more than 25 seats in tamil nadu said shah addressing a public rally in pallikonda in vellore district on sunday evening as part of a countrywide campaign to highlight the achievements of the nineyearold modi government heaping praise on bjp state president k annamalai shah said i have complete faith in the way annamalai has organized the bjp in tamil nadu and i can say with conviction that more than 25 nda mps will be elected from tamil nadu there will be a number of ministers in the cabinet from the state recalling the inaugural event of the new parliament building shah said narendra modi reinstalled the sengol which is emblematic of the chola empiremodi govt took efforts to promote tamil culture says amit shah new justice party founder a c shanmugam who contested on a bjp ticket in the state for the 2014 lok sabha election presented a silver sceptre sengol to amit shah on the occasion shah said 25 nda mps should be elected from tamil nadu as a mark of gratitude for installing the sengol in the new parliament buildingthe modi government has taken numerous initiatives to promote the great tamil language culture and history he said modi ji makes it a point to mention the greatness of tamil literature tamil saints and scholars and culture with immense pride in whichever country he visits said shahtaking a jibe at tamil nadu chief minister m k stalin shah said cm stalin asked me on a public platform what the modi government has done for tamil nadu in the last nine years i have come here to answer his query i also dare him to reply to me tomorrow said shah when stalins dmk was a part of the upa government tamil nadu got 95000 crore from the centre in 10 years but modi gave 247000crore to tamil nadu in nine years similarly a grant in aid to tamil nadu during the upadmk government was 58000crore in 10 years which was increased to 231000 crore during the modi government he added