PM Modi angry over DMK’s positive move towards BJP

Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacks the Congress party and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam for their “anti-Sanatana stance” and questions why the Congress is being forced to fight against Sanatana Natana sprayed “hate” and “venom” over the DMK alliance law.

Speaking to ANI in an exclusive interview on Monday, the Prime Minister said that there is a lot of anger against the DMK and people are now moving towards the BJP.

“I would say that our party (BJP) has been working in South India for five generations. So, work has been ongoing. When people were disillusioned with the Congress, they turned to regional parties. Now people are interested in these Feeling disappointed in this atmosphere of disillusionment, which they have seen with the pattern of the BJP government in other states of India, Tamils ​​living across the country come home and say that this is happening in the state where we live. Naturally the comparisons started with “Tamil Kashi Sangam” So in Tamil Nadu, DMK party people used to make fun of us and call us “Panipuri wallahs” but when people from Tamil Nadu came to Kashi. Sangam and seeing Kashi, they said, this is not what we heard before, this looks very developed and therefore, there is a lot of anger against the DMK which has increased and now encourages people to turn towards India in a positive way. BJP,” PM Modi said.

The Prime Minister praised Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party chief Annamalai, calling him a very good leader, adding that the BJP was not a “family-based party” and everyone in There are opportunities here.

“Annamalai is a very good leader and articulate. He is young. He quit his job as IPS cadre. Others think he left such a big career and joined the BJP. If he had gone to DMK, he would have He didn’t go there. People think he joined the PPP because he believed in the party and so it became a feature of our party that we provide opportunities to every capable small and big worker. There are no family-based parties (opposition parties) whose mission is: of the family, of the family and for the family, which is why everyone has a chance here,” he said.

Reacting to the DMK’s remarks against Sanatana Dharma and Tamil Nadu’s shift to the BJP, PM Modi said the DMK must have been born out of this “hate” and questioned whether the Congress was “powerless” to go hand in hand with the party .

“I see the question in a different way. This question should be asked to the Congress. Mahatma Gandhi’s name is associated with the Congress. Indira Gandhi used to wear a garland (Rudraksha mala) around the neck of the Congress. This question should be asked to you What is the frustration? Why are you sitting with those who are so vicious towards Sanatana? This hatred is not their problem, the problem is that a party like Congress has lost its original identity. characteristics?” Prime Minister Modi asked the Congress.

“The people who sat in the Constituent Assembly at that time were mostly Gandhians, mostly people associated with the Congress party. The first constitution was framed. The paintings on every page of it were related to Gandhi’s Traditionally linked. Sanatana. In this constitution, Sanatana is part of the government. Today, if someone has the courage to abuse Sanatana in this way, and you join them in politics and support that party, Then this is a matter of concern, for the sake of the country,” he attacked Congress.

DMK leader Udayanidhi Stalin delivered a speech comparing “Sanatana Dharma” to diseases like “malaria” and “dengue fever” while advocating its elimination on the grounds that it is rooted in the caste system and historical discrimination.

Asked about the remarks by the Tamil Nadu chief minister and other ministers that the South is a separate unit and so is the North, the Prime Minister maintained that India is a “completely diverse” country, adding that “diversity It’s our advantage.”

“First of all, India is very beautiful. India is a country full of diversity. The land consists of deserts, oceans, Himalayas, Sayadri Hills, Ganges and Cauvery Hills. So it is a misconception to see India in fragments. If it is the same feeling, if you see villages associated with the name of Lord Ram in India, then it is Tamil Nadu, there are so many villages with the name of “Lord Ram” in their name, now you How can it be called alone? But Nagaland will not be like Punjab, nor will it be like Kashmir, so we should celebrate the diversity of India,” he added.

In response to Congress’s accusation that “if the BJP wins 400 elections, there will be only one language and one religion,” Prime Minister Modi mentioned his 2019 speech to the United Nations and said that he was the first to go to the United Nations to praise the world’s most populous country. People of ancient languages. “Tamil.”

“I don’t understand, a person goes to the United Nations and praises Tamil, the oldest language in the world, for the first time, who do you blame that person? When I wear clothes from different countries, they also have what they want to put this country in In a single structure, we worship diversity, we celebrate diversity, and like I said, when someone wants to be a doctor or an engineer, why can’t they be one who writes in their mother tongue? I’m increasing the importance of it,” he said.

“Recently, when I was sitting with these gamer kids. I was asked for a message. So I said, do one thing, whenever you sign a letter, sign it in your native language. For “I am proud of this. Now they have to press charges, what will they do?” Prime Minister Modi referred to his free interactions with some prominent gamers on a range of aspects, including the difference between gaming and gambling.

Earlier, the Congress had accused the BJP of amending the constitution if elected to power for a third time.
All 39 seats in Tamil Nadu will go to single-phase voting on April 19 and counting of votes will take place on June 4. Tamil Nadu ranks fifth in terms of Lok Sabha seats with 39 seats, including 32 unreserved seats and 7 reserved seats for SC candidates.

Elections for the country’s 543 Lok Sabha seats will be held in seven phases starting from April 19.

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