Chennai, March 24 -- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Tuesday sharply criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement in Parliament urging people to prepare for the impacts of the West Asia war, accusing the Centre of outsourcing preparedness and failing to act despite repeated warnings.

In a post on X quoting the Prime Minister, CM Stalin wrote, "Preparedness cannot be outsourced to the people. Prepared for what -- leadership, or its absence? Prime Minister, who is supposed to prepare the Union Government or the people of the country? You say that just as we prepared for COVID-19, we must also be prepared for the impacts of the West Asia war."

CM Stalin reminded PM Modi that on March 11, he had written to the Prime Minister s...