Indian BJP national president Amit Shah said the party could put an end to the family rule in Tamil Nadu politics and secure status and honour for the Tamils living across the globe, including in Sri Lanka.

Shah reiterated that it was important to strengthen the party in seven coastal States, including Tamil Nadu, for sustaining the good work of the Narendra Modi government .

“Be the messenger of Mr. Modi and the BJP, and enrol 100 members each from the 60,000 booths in Tamil Nadu,” he told party men at a public meeting held at Maraimalainagar on the outskirts of Chennai.

He told them to enrol themselves though the toll free number created for the membership campaign.

“The State has been ruled alternatively by the AIADMK and the DMK. If you ensure 60 lakh additional membership, I promise that the BJP will rule the State,” he said.

Mr. Shah asserted that he had decided to strengthen the party in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, West Bengal and Assam.

Reiterating that he was not here to speak politics, but to open his mind with the people of Tamil Nadu, Mr. Shah said when the BJP would seek the votes of the people in the next elections, it would come with a clean image and without any corruption charges.

“Tamil Nadu is able to increase the water level in Mullaperiyar Dam only after the BJP came to power at the Centre,” he said, adding that the BJP alone could find a permanent solution to the problems of the Tamil fishermen, the Hindu reported.