The BJP’s Tamil Nadu president, Nainar Nagenthran, recently lambasted Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, accusing him of practicing “double standards and hypocritical politics.”
Nagenthran pointed out that Stalin had previously stated during an election campaign that the DMK would not permit individuals from northern states, who migrate to Tamil Nadu for work, to enter the state. He questioned whether Stalin had forgotten the principle of national unity at that time.
In a public statement, the BJP leader asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s comments were merely in reference to DMK leaders who frequently ridiculed people from Bihar in various public forums. Nagenthran criticized Stalin’s current stance, calling it an attempt to appear virtuous while, in reality, trying to politically engineer a divide between the north and south, an effort he deemed futile.
He further highlighted what he saw as the DMK’s inconsistent political behavior: at one point, mocking workers from North India, and then, during elections in Bihar, suddenly embracing them as “brothers” in alliance with the INDIA bloc. Nagenthran suggested this demonstrated a cynical political opportunism rather than genuine concern.