Coimbatore: The BJP Tuesday slammed DMK chief M K Stalin for calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi sadist for not visiting Tamilnadu after cyclone Gaja, with the party’s national secretary H Raja saying he has behaved in an ‘immature manner.’
Stalin, while speaking at a rally followed by unveiling of a bronze statue of DMK patriarch and his father late M Karunanidhi at the party headquarters in Chennai on 16 December, had called Modi a “sadist,” saying the prime minister did not visit Tamilnadu after ‘Gaja.’
He had asked whether Modi would not visit states like Maharashtra or Gujarat if these places were hit by natural disasters. The event had brought together key opposition parties of DMK, Congress, TDP and CPI(M), to reaffirm their resolve to dislodge the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre.
Raja said Tuesday that welcoming guests at the function was another matter, but calling Modi sadist was not acceptable and had not gone well with the public.
“For the last two years, Stalin is speaking unrelated things in an immature manner,” Raja said adding that the money spent on the statue could have been donated to victims of the cyclone.
Raja, known for his controversial remarks, said it was a mistake to to have invited Sonia Gandhi for the function as it was under the UPA dispensation that the killings of Tamils took place in Sri Lanka.
He had courted controversy in March for making remarks indicating that statues of rationalist leader E V Ramasamy “Periyar” could be the next to be pulled down after a Lenin statue was razed in Tripura.
The BJP leader also said there was reported movement of Naxals in some areas in the Western Ghats and the state government should take immediate action on the matter. If need be, the state should seek the help from the Centre, he added.