Chennai: Actor and DMK youth wing leader Udhayanidhi Stalin has courted a fresh controversy with his comments alleging that former Union Ministers Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley died due to torture and pressure exerted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Bansuri Swaraj, the daughter of former External Affairs Minister, has disapproved of Udhayanidhi Stalin’s recent remarks on the death of her mother.
Bansuri posted: ‘@udhaystalin ji please do not use my Mother’s memory for your poll propaganda! Your statements are false! PM @Narendramodi ji bestowed utmost respect and honour on my Mother. In our darkest hour PM and Party stood by us rock solid! Your statement has hurt us @mkstalin @BJP4India’.
During his campaign at Dharapuram in Tiruppur district, Udhayanidhi Stalin said, ‘There was a person called Sushma Swaraj. She died due to the pressure exerted by Modi. There was a person called Arun Jaitley. He died due to the torture by Modi.’
He also alleged that the Prime Minister sidelined senior BJP leaders like Venkaiah Naidu.
‘You sidelined them all. Mr Modi, I am not Edappadi Palaniswami to be afraid of you or bow down before you. I am Udhayanidhi Stalin, grandson of Kalaignar,’ he said.