Seeking to further push Tamil Nadu’s case for the Salem-Chennai ‘green corridor’ Expressway project, Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami asserted that the AIADMK government was not forcing any landowner to party with his/her land for the project. “There is not even a one percent intention to coax or stress or mentally pressure anyone to part with their land for the project,”  Palaniswami told reporters at a press conference here on Monday.
"It is in the overall welfare of people and considering the growing infrastructure needs for the development of Tamil Nadu that we are supporting the eight-lane expressway," he said.

 
Reiterating that Tamil Nadu was committed to put down any terrorist element in the state, Palaniswami said the Police Intelligence department was doing a good job. State police intelligence had even tipped off the Sri Lankan authorities about the imminent attack on churches there recently, he said.
Palaniswami reiterated that DMK leader M K Stalin's "dream" of coming back to power in Tamil Nadu will not be fulfilled even in 2021. The AIADMK was going strong and even supporters of AMMK leader TTV Dhinakaran were all returning to the mother party, he added.