Tamil Nadu Chief Minister on Friday said it seems Prime Minister Narendra Modi forgets the “esteem position” he is acquiring, adding that the PM and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are “fostering enmity” between Hindus and Muslims, Tamils and the people of Bihar. Stressing that the Prime Minister must “not lose his dignity”, Stalin urged him to rather focus on the welfare of the nation. 

Referring to PM Modi’s recent remarks during a rally in Bihar, Stalin said he strongly condemns the BJP for expressing their hatred towards Tamils.

“In the great India that prides itself on multiculturalism and unity in diversity, I urge the Prime Minister and BJP members to stop such petty political practices as fostering enmity between Hindus and Muslims, and behaving in a way that creates enmity between Tamils and the people of Bihar, and to focus on the welfare of the nation,” CM Stalin said in a post on X in Tamil.

What triggered Stalin?

In his social media post, CM MK Stalin has shared a 10 second video of the Prime Minister in which the PM is heard saying that in Tamil Nadu “the ruling DMK people abuse hardworking people of Bihar“. The PM was referring to migrants from Bihar who work in other states. 

PM Modi had also attacked the Congress party in Karnataka, Telangana, and Punjab for discriminating against Biharis. “As a Tamil person, I am pained to request Mr Narendra Modi that he often forgets that he is in the esteemed position of Prime Minister for all in this country, and that he should not lose the dignity befitting his responsibility through such statements,” CM Stalin said in the post.

Stalin added that the BJP and PM Modi are expressing hatred towards Tamil people for the sake of “election politics”. “Wherever they go, saying Odisha – Bihar, as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on behalf of its people, I strongly condemn the BJP members for expressing their hatred towards Tamils for the sake of election politics.” 

‘BJP’s routine to…’: DMK MP Kanimozhi slams saffron party

DMK MP Kanimozhi also lashed out at the Prime Minister and BJP, accusing them of engaging in “hate politics” whenever elections happen in northern states (Bihar, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh etc).

“It is the BJP’s routine to portray Tamil Nadu and Tamils as enemies and engage in hate politics whenever elections come around in the northern states. They did exactly the same thing during the last Odisha elections,” Kanimozhi said in a post on X in Tamil.

Quoting the time of Covid-19 pandemic, the DMK MP said the Central government had left the migrants to fend for themselves. “However, the migrant workers know who abandoned them to fend for themselves and suffer during the COVID pandemic, and how Tamil Nadu helped them back then. When the Prime Minister visits Tamil Nadu for the next year’s election campaign, let him convey the same sentiment. The migrant workers from other states, standing alongside Tamils, will also explain to him how Tamil Nadu has supported them,” she added.

She also said that in Tamil Nadu, only one person from Bihar has been suffering, unable to carry out his politics. 

“He too resides in Raj Bhavan,” she added while referring to Governor RN Ravi.