Lok Sabha election | South will deliver deadly blow to BJP again: Stalin

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has said that South India will deliver a deadly blow to the BJP again in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

In an interview to Hindustan Times, Stalin said that the BJP leadership is focusing on the South to compensate for the eventual loss they are staring at in the North.

He hailed Congress' victories in Karnataka and Telangana assembly elections and added that the so-called saffron surge in Tamil Nadu is a figment of imagination.

"Tamil Nadu will remain a secular citadel like ever. The people of south India will deliver a deadly blow to the BJP this time too," said Stalin.

"The reality is that the BJP’s influence is waning even in north India. Every family in India has been affected in one way or another by the anti-people Modi government. All sections of the society, mainly the poor, farmers, business community, housewives, students, fishermen, and youth have been enduring the pain of BJP’s misgovernance over the past 10 years. Modi’s deception stands exposed owing to unprecedented levels of inflation and unemployment. The BJP’s image has been shattered in north India," Stalin told Hindustan Times.

On BJP's allegations of DMK being anti-Hindu, Stalin said that it is just a tactic to slander the opposition to divert its 10 years of failure.

"We are committed to protecting the interests of people of all faiths and communal harmony. The three years of DMK’s governance in Tamil Nadu has defeated the false propaganda that we are anti-Hindu," said Stalin.

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