Chennai, April 12 -- DMK spokesperson TKS Elangovan on Sunday rejected Union Minister Piyush Goyal's claim that Chief Minister MK Stalin's administration has failed to utilise the state's economic potential and is marked by "ineffective" governance.

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Speaking to ANI, Elangovan said official data does not support Goyal's criticism. He pointed to figures from the Reserve Bank of India and the Government of India to argue that Tamil Nadu remains one of the top contributors to the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

"The RBI figures say that the DMK's contribution is good. The Government of India's figures say that in the total GDP contribution, the DMK...