MK Stalin claimed the BJP didn't fulfil any pre-poll promise regarding social welfare in its last nine years at the Center.
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NEW DELHI — In the first episode of his podcast series released in four different languages — Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi — on Monday, MK Stalin claimed the BJP didn’t fulfil any pre-poll promise regarding social welfare in its last nine years at the Center.
According to reports Stalin said that the INDIA alliance must win to prevent the whole of India from becoming Manipur and Haryana, referring to large-scale ethnic violence in the north-eastern state since May this year, and the recent communal violence in Haryana after a religious procession was attacked.
MK Stalin further called upon the people to “carve out a multicultural and diverse India”, alleging that the BJP resorts to communalism to cover up issues like public sector undertakings “being dismantled and handed over to friendly corporations”, Air India being sold to a private player, and airports and seaports “handed over to corporations that are close to the BJP”.
The “hatred sown in Gujarat in 2002” has resulted in sectarian violence in Manipur and communal clashes in Haryana in 2023, the DMK chief said.
The India alliance was formed to restore social justice, social harmony, federalism, secular politics and socialism, Mr Stalin said, and issued a grim warning that “nobody can save India if this is not stopped now”.
“DMK has always been at the forefront whenever there’s a threat to federalism,” MK Stalin said in the podcast.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has, however, slammed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president MK Stalin for attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP govt.
The BJP has hit back, saying it the DMK divides the country on religion, caste, and language.
Refuting any attack on federalism, Tamil Nadu BJP Vice President Narayanan Tirupati claimed the Centre has given due share of tax revenue to Tamil Nadu.
The podcast, named “Speaking for India”, was started to highlight what MK Stalin calls the “destruction of India under BJP”.
Stalin said the podcast would also promote the vision of an “egalitarian and harmonious India” that the opposition alliance aspires to build.
