Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin came down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday and said, instead of fanning enmity among people, the prime minister should focus on the nation's welfare.

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader slammed Modi for his purported comments creating a wedge between people from Tamil Nadu and Bihar. Stalin shared a short clip of Modi's speech on his X handle on Thursday, in which he is heard saying, "DMK men harassed hardworking workers from Bihar in Tamil Nadu."

However, the venue and date of the prime minister's address could not be ascertained immediately. Calling Modi's comments "vengeful", Stalin charged the prime minister made the comments for the sake of electoral politics. 

The row emerges while assembly elections are set to be held in Bihar. The polling of votes for the Bihar election is on November 6 and 11, and the counting of votes will be conducted on November 14. 

Accusing the BJP for showing "malice" against the Tamil people, for the sake of electoral politics, the chief minister urged the BJP and Prime Minister Modi to "give up doing cheap politics". "He often forgets that he is in the esteemed position of Prime Minister for all in this country, and that he should not lose the dignity befitting his responsibility through such statements," Stalin said in a post on X.

"In the great India that prides itself on multiculturalism and unity in diversity, I urge the Prime Minister and BJP members to stop such petty political practices as fostering enmity between Hindus and Muslims, and behaving in a way that creates enmity between Tamils and the people of Bihar, and to focus on the welfare of the nation," Stalin urged.

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