According to sources DMK President MK Stalin categorically ruled out an alliance with the Narendra Modi led BJP in Tamilnadu. Meanwhile Stalin said, “He categorically state that DMK will not ally with the Narendra Modi led BJP which has been governing the country without giving due consideration to ideas like ‘secularism’, ‘social justice’, ‘equality’, ‘alliance dharma’, ‘federal rights’.”
Furthermore this comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the BJP was open to alliances and cherished its old friends a hint at the DMK and the AIADMK, which have both been its allies in the past. Modi said, “The Prime Minister was interacting with BJP’s booth level workers in Tamilnadu via video conference when he was asked whether the party would align with the AIADMK, DMK or with Rajinikanth.
Stalin said “Modi has ignored Tamilnadu’s interests, has betrayed the alliance dharma and has made independent bodies to toe his line and it is amusing that the man who did all these is comparing himself with Vajpayee, who was praised by our leader Kalaignar as ‘the right man in the wrong party”. Moreover pointing to the difference between the two BJP leaders, Stalin went on to argue why the DMK would not align with Narendra Modi led NDA, noting, “But Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not Vajpayee and the NDA is not a healthy alliance as it was during Vajpayee’s tenure. Hence the people of Tamilnadu will never forget that Tamilnadu’s rights were denied in Narendra Modi’s tenure like never before.”
