Chennai, March 12 -- Tamil Nadu Minister for Rural Industries TM Anbarasan on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of making false claims about the DMK government in Tamil Nadu, alleging that the Centre has not allocated adequate funds to the state while spreading misinformation for electoral gains.

The minister made the remarks after inaugurating a new facility outside the Nanganallur Anjaneyar Temple. The project, built at a cost of Rs 95 lakh from the Alandur MLA development fund, includes a shaded shelter and purified drinking water facilities for devotees.

He said a 60-metre-wide and 800-metre-long shelter has been constructed in front of the temple for the convenience of devotees. Two purified drinking water centres have ...