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CHENNAI — While welcoming the statement of Union Home Minister Amit Shah about a ‘Tamilian becoming Prime Minister of the country’ Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Monday said that the ‘intent of the statement is not clear and wondered why the BJP leader “is angry with Prime Minister Narendra Modi”.
“I don’t know why Amit Shah is angry with Prime Minister Modi and said he hoped that Tamilsai and L. Murugan will get a chance to become Prime Minister,” the Chief Minister said while speaking to media persons after the release of Mettur Dam water, reports IANS.
“I welcome his suggestion, but I don’t know what his anger is with Modi,” Mr Stalin quipped in response to the comments on Monday in Salem.
Amit Shah had, on Sunday, reportedly urged his party workers in Tamil Nadu to work hard in order to ensure that someone from Tamil Nadu becomes prime minister in the future.
Responding to the remark, Stalin said: “If the BJP has the idea that a Tamilian should be the Prime Minister, there are Tamilisai Soundararajan (Telangana Governor) and L Murugan (Union Minister). I think they may get a chance to be Prime Minister candidates,” according to media reports.
According to some senior BJP leaders, Amit Shah also claimed that the DMK had prevented two senior state leaders from becoming prime ministers in the past. During a closed-door meeting with party workers, Shah reportedly alleged that K Kamaraj and GK Moopanar had been prevented by the DMK from becoming prime minister, reports NDTV.
Refuting the claim, MK Stalin challenged Mr Shah to make his statement public, so that the DMK could give a detailed explanation.
