“To address the Tamil sentiment he quoted Tamil poet Avvaiyar to emphasize the importance of agriculture in nation building and the lines of Bharatiyar to stress on self-reliance from defence to industry to education. “He definitely has a better grip of Tamil literary works and uses them in the right context compared to any North Indian leader,” pointed out writer Maalan.”
in “Modi Presses The Right Buttons In Tamil Nadu, Woos Farmers, Fishermen, Dalits”
