He added that Tamilians and Kannadigas alike would reject this divisive rhetoric of the BJP. Urging for appropriate legal action against the minister for “causing threat to peace, harmony and national unity,” he said, “From the Prime Minister to cadre, everyone in the BJP should stop engaging in this dirty divisive politics at once”. Leader of the Opposition and AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami said he strongly condemned the minister’s hate speech, which intended to generalise the people of Tamil Nadu as extremists. He requested the ECI to take stringent measures to curb such hate speeches with divisive intent.Terming the speech as “venomous,” Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin wondered how the BJP minister arrived at such an outrageous claim when the NIA was still investigating the incident. “The deplorable divisive politics of the BJP has hit a new low. I’m sure the Tamils and our Kannadiga brothers and sisters will reject the disgusting claims of the BJP,” he said, urging the ECI to take action.
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