Amid growing tension between the BJP-led Centre and the DMK government in Tamil Nadu, a phone call from Union Home Minister Amit Shah to Kanimozhi more than a month ago has now become a topic of fierce discussion within the party, sources said.
Shah called DMK MP M Kanimozhi to wish her on her 54th birthday on January 5 at a time when her party leaders were kept waiting by the Home Minister for an appointment to discuss the Bill that seeks exemption for the state from the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET).