Tamil Nadu polls: Udayanidhi Stalin’s ‘Don’t be afraid of PM Modi or even his father’ remarks triggers backlash against BJP India News

New Delhi: Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Udayanidhi Stalin He sparked a political uproar by saying the DMK was “neither afraid of the Prime Minister nor his father”.Speaking at a DMK Youth Wing event in Coimbatore, Udayanidhi said: “Whenever Modi comes on television, people get scared of what he is going to announce. Demonetization and Covid (lockdown) announced by Modi have made people fearful. But if Stalin appears on television, people will be happy about the new announcement plan. We will never give up our rights for the welfare of Tamil Nadu. We will not be afraid of Prime Minister Modi, even if Prime Minister Modi’s father comes. “The remarks sparked a strong reaction from the Bharatiya Janata Party, which accused the party leader of repeated personal attacks on the prime minister and his family.Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla alleged that Udhayanidhi Stalin, who had previously made controversial remarks against the Hindu community, has now targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s late father.“Congress is shirtless, shirtless and characterless, as it protested at the AI ​​summit. In reality, it was not a protest but destruction. Now its ally DMK has become meaningless, amoral and amoral. Udayanidhi Stalin, who had issued death threats to Hindus and called for genocide against Hindus, has now targeted the Prime Minister’s late father,” Poonawalla said.“Imagine that during the Bihar elections, the Union of India targeted and abused his mother. They used more than 150 abusive words, especially against his mother and father, especially since he is from the OBC community,” he added.“They insulted his family and his background. They mocked him for being a chaiwala. They said, “Modi, teri kabar khudegi” and threatened that he would die or be killed, using violent language like “lathi dande”. Now, Udhayanidhi Stalin, who had said that he wanted to annihilate Hindus and eradicate Sanatan, was slapped down by the High Court for making such hateful speeches. Now he is insulting the Prime Minister’s late father. This shows the journey from toplessness to shamelessness, from characterlessness to meaninglessness. This is the Indian Union without direction. They talk about the Constitution but they are nothing but ‘abuse of ki dukaan’,” Poonawalla added.Tamil Nadu will go to polls in the first half of 2026 and the Stalin-led alliance will seek to launch a “Dravidian model 2.0” to defeat the BJP-AIADMK alliance.Actor-turned-politician Vijay’s candidacy with his Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) is expected to turn the Tamil Nadu polls into a three-way contest. In the 2021 polls, DMK won 133 seats in the 2021 assembly elections.Congress won 18 seats, PMK won 5 seats, VCK won 4 seats and others including independents won 8 seats. The DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) formed by the Congress won a total of 159 seats.The NDA won 75 seats while the AIADMK emerged as the largest party in the alliance with 66 seats.