Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday sounded the National Democratic Alliance's poll bugle in Tamil Nadu, addressing a massive rally in Madurai.
Shah began his speech by apologising to the party workers for not being able to speak in Tamil which he described as one of the greatest languages of India.
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“I apologise to the party workers of Tamil Nadu as I cannot talk to them in one of the greatest languages of India, Tamil,” the BJP leader said.
Interestingly, his remarks came amid a language war between the Centre and Tamil Nadu with Chief Minister M.K. Stalin accusing the Narendra Modi government of trying to impose Hindi in the state.
Shah asserted that the NDA would form government in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and urged party men to resolve to dislodge the DMK government from the seat of power.
“The DMK's corrupt rule has affected the poor, women and children in Tamil Nadu,” the home minister said as he dared Stalin to explain if he has fulfilled all of the DMK's 2021 poll assurances.
“In the 2026 Assembly election, BJP-AIADMK will form the government in Tamil Nadu, and people will defeat the DMK government as they are 100% failure,” he said.
Taking potshots at the chief minister, Shah said the Modi government had provided Rs 6.80 lakh to the state in the last 10 years, and yet Stalin asks what the Centre has done to Tamil Nadu.
Earlier, Shah offered prayers at Madurai Meenakshi temple and later chaired a meeting of the state core committee of the Tamil Nadu BJP.
Tamil Nadu goes to elections in 2026, and the BJP has forged a pre-poll alliance with the AIADMK with an aim to dislodge the DMK regime.
