: The growing popularity of the DMK, which was showcased through the party polling a higher percentage of votes in the last Lok Sabha elections than in the earlier Assembly polls, was the reason behind his government being criticized unfairly, Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Wednesday. Speaking at the event to lay the foundation for the Thanthai Periyar Public Library and a Science Centre at Anuparpalayam in Coimbatore, Stalin said he was not bothered by the criticism because he was only committed to serve the people by implementing the DMK’s welfare schemes that were integrated with the lives of the people. Delighted over the ‘comeback’ of the Minister in charge of Coimbatore, V Senthil Balaji, overcoming the hurdles thrown on his way in effectively implementing the government welfare schemes, the Chief Minister announced a slew of new projects for Coimbatore, including the setting up of a world class Gold Industrial Park at the Kurichi Industrial Estate bowing to the demand made by a the leaders of the gold industry on Tuesday.
Within 24 hours of a delegation, representing the entire gamut of associations and trade bodies of goldsmiths and others associated with the bullion markets, jewelry making, marketing and so, calling on him the demand for the exclusive industrial park, Stalin announced that the complex with all modern facilities, including a NABL recognized laboratory, would be set up at a cost of Rs 126 crore. For the public library, for which he laid the fo.