India, April 6 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a veiled dig at Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Sunday, claiming the central government provided more funds to the state than the UPA government but "some people keep crying" over it. He also questioned DMK leaders for signing off their letters in English and not in Tamil.

"Under the Modi government since 2014, we have provided funds for Tamil Nadu's development, three times more than the INDI alliance when it was in power. The DMK was a part of the INDI alliance at that time. Tamil Nadu's railway budget has also increased seven times. Some people have a habit of crying for no reason, they keep crying over it," he said at a public meeting in Tamil Nadu.

The remark was a referenc...