Describing the BJP as a “social virus”, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Saturday, said the party had indulged in a misuse of power, and unleashed repression and intimidation not just against its political rivals, but also against journalists, humanists and progressive thinkers.
“We are bravely facing this social virus,” the CM said, while interacting with Wing2Point, a social media volunteer group.
Mr. Stalin said the DMK had endured the emergency, the Terrorists and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act or TADA, the Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002 or POTA and all sorts of other intimidatory tactics that the BJP wielded, as well as the bundle of lies it spread. “[Adolf] Hitler has just one [Joseph] Goebbels. But the BJP is functioning like a political party that is run by a gang of just Goebbels. They will disparage anyone. They lie, and they do not have any guilt about telling lies. They use the ‘Whatsapp University’ [to their benefit],” he said.
