The BJP on Wednesday kept up its attack on the DMK and the Congress over remarks made by DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin on “Sanatana Dharma” with the BJP’s Tamil Nadu unit calling both the opposition parties “communal parties” and described the remarks on Sanatana Dharma as red herrings to distract attention from the “failures of the M.K. Stalin government.”
Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy, the BJP’s co-in-charge for Tamil Nadu, alleged that the DMK and the Congress are trying to build a “narrative” against the BJP in view of the party’s “growing popularity” in Tamil Nadu and recognition of the Modi government’s work. He was addressing a press conference at the BJP’s national headquarters in New Delhi, along with Narayanan Tirupathi, the vice-president of the BJP’s Tamil Nadu unit.
Mr. Tirupathi said the arrest of DMK minister Senthil Balaji was a “huge setback” to the DMK, “that’s why they want to divert public attention in Tamil Nadu from their misdeeds. That’s why they are talking about Sanatana Dharma, hoping to get minority votes.”
