Speaking for India podcast | BJP is using religion as a weapon to hide its shortcomings, Stalin says

TN CM Stalin launches 'Speaking for India' podcast series, criticizes BJP govt for failing to fulfill poll promises, using religion as weapon to hide shortcomings. He calls for I.N.D.I.A. alliance to save India from BJP's communal politics & hate-inciting policies, restore social justice & State autonomy.

In his first episode of the ‘Speaking for India’ podcast series, DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said the BJP government at the Centre had failed to fulfil its poll promises, especially with regards to people welfare schemes, and was using religion as a weapon to hide all its short comings.

Mr. Stalin launched the podcasts series on Monday, as a part of his campaign against the BJP-led Union government. “The purpose of this podcast series is that I, Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin, as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, and leader of DMK, the third-largest party in the Parliament and most importantly, as someone who is one among you, want to speak for India,” he said.

“We are in a time where each and every one of us has to speak up for India,” Mr. Stalin said, adding that the BJP was trying to damage the basic structure of India and destroy the sense of unity that Indians have cherished and protected for so long.

“The DMK has created Prime Ministers and Presidents. Now, there is another duty of historical importance that has come our way. More than deciding who should come to power, the 2024 [Lok Sabha] elections are about who should not come to power,” Mr. Stalin said.

The T.N. CM pointed to some of the BJP’s poll promises such as recovering black money deposited in foreign countries and giving ₹15 lakh to every Indian, guaranteed employment to 2 crore people every single year, doubling the income of farmers and also a promise every Indian would own a house and India would become a USD 5 trillion economy. “It is soon going to be 10 years of BJP governance, and none of those promises have been fulfilled,” he said.

There were several other yarns that were spun that also merely remained tall tales, he noted. The BJP is only inciting the fire of religious sentiments in people, and is basking in the warmth of its fiery flames, Mr. Stalin charged.