“DMK has always been at the forefront whenever there’s a threat to federalism,” MK Stalin stated. (file)

Chennai:

The Bharatiya Janata Party immediately slammed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president MK Stalin for attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi within the first episode of his podcast series. PM Modi by no means promised Rs 15 lakh can be deposited in everybody’s account, the occasion stated, including that claims within the podcast are “lies”.

In the podcast episode that was launched in 4 totally different languages — Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi — this morning, Mr Stalin claimed the BJP did not fulfil any pre-poll promise relating to social welfare in its final 9 years on the Center.

Rs 15 lakh every weren’t deposited in all residents’ accounts as promised, farmers’ incomes did not double, two crore jobs per yr have been promised however did not occur, the Chief Minister stated in an all-out assault on the BJP-led Centre.

The INDIA alliance should win to forestall the entire of India from changing into Manipur and Haryana, Mr Stalin stated, referring to large-scale ethnic violence within the north-eastern state since May this yr, and the current communal violence in Haryana after a spiritual procession was attacked.

MK Stalin additional referred to as upon the folks to “carve out a multicultural and diverse India”, alleging that the BJP resorts to communalism to cowl up points like public sector undertakings “being dismantled and handed over to friendly corporations”, Air India being offered to a non-public participant, and airports and seaports “handed over to corporations that are close to the BJP”. 

The DMK chief additionally referred to the 2002 Gujarat riots, saying the “hatred sown in Gujarat in 2002” has resulted in sectarian violence in Manipur and communal clashes in Haryana in 2023.

The India alliance was shaped to revive social justice, social concord, federalism, secular politics and socialism, Mr Stalin stated, 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 stated.

The BJP has hit again, saying it the DMK that divides the nation on faith, caste, and language.

Refuting any assault on federalism, Tamil Nadu BJP Vice President Narayanan Tirupati claimed the Centre has given due share of tax income to Tamil Nadu.

In a jibe on the DMK, he stated he’s “glad that at least now MK Stalin accepts India as one nation”.

The podcast, named “Speaking for India”, was began to spotlight what MK Stalin calls the “destruction of India under BJP”.

He stated the podcast would additionally promote the imaginative and prescient of an “egalitarian and harmonious India” that the opposition alliance aspires to construct.

MK Stalin’s podcast debut marks a pivotal second in his political communication technique, setting the stage for a bigger position in nationwide politics, notably in steering and shaping the INDIA alliance. His ruling DMK alliance had swept the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, profitable 38 of the 39 seats in Tamil Nadu and the lone seat in neighbouring Puducherry.

The INDIA alliance in its assembly in Mumbai on Friday introduced that they may contest the Lok Sabha elections collectively “as far as possible” – to tackle the BJP.

The decision from the assembly stated the events will coordinate their communications and media methods, and campaigns with the theme “Judega Bharat, Jeetega India” in several languages.