Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin on Sunday, April 7, announced that the state government will construct a new cricket stadium in Coimbatore if the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) won the the Lok Sabha seat in the 2024 India general elections. Informing that he is adding on more promise to their party's manifesto for the upcoming elections, Stalin referred to an earlier announcement by Minister for Industries TRB Rajaa and wrote on X, "We will take efforts to establish a state-of-the-art cricket stadium in Coimbatore, with the active participation of the sports loving people of Coimbatore." He added, "As highlighted by our Minister TRB Rajaa, this stadium aims to be Tamil Nadu's second international-standard cricket venue after Chennai's iconic MAC (MA Chidambaram) stadium. Our government and Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin are committed to nurturing talent and enhancing sports infrastructure in Tamil Nadu."
As a sports and cricket enthusiast, I would like to add one more promise to our election manifesto for #Elections2024:
🏏🏟️ We will take efforts to establish a state-of-the-art cricket stadium in Coimbatore, with the active participation of the sports loving people of… https://t.co/B6rpHJKSBI— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) April 7, 2024
Earlier, TRB Rajaa mentioned in his announcement that the proposed cricket stadium would help boost the local cricket ecosystem, while adding that it would also include small turf grounds and "serve as a beacon of green innovation, water-conservation, and climate consciousness." Having said that, Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President and Coimbatore’s MP candidate K Annamalai responded to Stalin's announcement stating that the DMK must first fulfil the promises they have made already before giving new assurances. He said, "We want to remind TN CM Thiru @mkstalin that the 511 poll promises he gave in 2021 remain unfulfilled, and he first attends to those before making further promises after sensing defeat. The electoral stunts of DMK cannot deceive the youth & the sports enthusiasts in Coimbatore as they have grown increasingly vigilant." Annamalai further stated, "DMK is a party that couldn't Construct a New Bus Terminus in Coimbatore in the last 3 years; it is today promising a stadium that should be regarded as the joke of the year and deserves slow clapping from the people of Coimbatore."
We want to remind TN CM Thiru @mkstalin that the 511 poll promises he gave in 2021 remain unfulfilled, and he first attends to those before making further promises after sensing defeat.
The electoral stunts of DMK cannot deceive the youth & the sports enthusiasts in Coimbatore… https://t.co/8Qpr0fVzmz— K.Annamalai (மோடியின் குடும்பம்) (@annamalai_k) April 7, 2024
Annamalai will be battling it out against Ganapathi P Kumar of the DMK, while Singai Ramachandran has been nominated as All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's (AIADMK) candidate at Coimbatore.
