Chennai: DMK working president M K Stalin on Saturday alleged that the BJP-led central government was making all efforts to make India a theocratic state.
He also pitched for opposition unity and committing to work alongside like-minded parties.
“The BJP regime at the Centre is struggling to make India a theocratic state and they are making all efforts for it,” he said at an event to celebrate the 94th birthday of his father and DMK chief M Karunanidhi and completion of his 60 years as a MLA.
Stalin alleged that in a planned fashion the BJP was trying to bring in “religious leaders,” to head the states and this “should not be forgotten”. He said to end the “autocratic rule” of the BJP and upholding democracy in India was the biggest challenge now.
Had Karunanidhi been active now, he would have been the first person to raise his voice against the Centre. “In the struggle to protect India, he would have guided us,” Stalin said. (PTI)
