Coimbatore, April 9 -- Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the ruling DMK government of Tamil Nadu, saying that they pushed backwards due to corruption and poor governance.

Addressing the media here, he further claimed that drug abuse has adversely affected the youth and accused the government of enabling a deteriorating administrative environment compared to the tenure of former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.

He alleged that the government relies heavily on YouTubers and social media for functioning and accused it of suppressing media by intimidating television channels to prevent the truth from coming out. He pointed to poor road infrastructure, water scarcity, and the neglect o...