BJP govt is vengeful body primed against state govts opposed to it: TN CM

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday accused the BJP government at the Centre of being vengeful against the states opposed to it and keen on destroying the sovereignty of state governments.

The Centre was trying to destroy the entire country through relentless activities, he said in his maiden address on the podcast series - 'Speaking for India.' "Social justice, secular politics, socialism, equity, social harmony, state autonomy, federalism, unity in diversity - an India where these facets thrive in its full glory is the real India.

An unparalleled India," the DMK president said in his speech.

"The present BJP-led Union government is only functioning as a vengeful body primed against the state governments opposed to it. They only want to destroy the sovereignty of the State governments, which are directly responsible for the welfare of the people," he said.

The INDIA bloc was formed to restore an India on the facets that it thrives on and the INDIA alliance is going to save the country, he said.

"If we want to prevent the whole of India from becoming Manipur and Haryana, which, unfortunately, fell victim to BJP's communal politics, and hate-inciting policies, the INDIA alliance must win," Stalin said, referring to the initial rounds of consultations for the streamlining of the alliance held in Patna, Bangalore and Mumbai.

"Let's carve out a multicultural and diverse India! Let's save India. For that, let's first speak for India!," he said and added that "this will not only be the voice of M K Stalin but the voice of INDIA. Ensure my voice becomes the voice of everyone in India.

Let INDIA be the real winner!" Outlining the purpose of this podcast series, Stalin said he chose to speak as someone who is one among the people and wants to speak for India. (PTI)