In Tamil Nadu, Senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah today campaigned at Sivagiri and Modakurichi in Erode district. Addressing public meetings, he said the NDA, led by AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami in the state, is a strong and successful alliance, and criticised the DMK government for being inactive and neglecting public welfare. AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, campaigning at Namakkal, said that if elected to power, his party would provide 1,400 units of free electricity to farmers. He also alleged that several welfare schemes introduced during the previous AIADMK government were discontinued by the DMK. TVK leaders held a roadshow in Trichy East as part of their election campaign.