Tamil Nadu BJP chief K. Annamalai gave a fierce denunciation to Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday, blaming him for orchestrating an "orchestrated drama" over the present controversy involving the three-language formula.
"Thiru MK Stalin, you are a con artist pretending to be a protector of our Constitution and federal structure. Con artists usually cheat the rich, but the DMK has no such bias—they cheat both the poor and the rich," Annamalai said in an X post.
Carrying on his criticism, Annamalai cited what he perceives as hypocrisy in Stalin's position. "The whole nation now knows that the family of the Tamil Nadu chief minister runs private schools which teach three or more languages, but he is against the same for students in government schools," he said.
Annamalai also accused Stalin of exaggerating isolated protests to present a false image. "The TN CM feels that his party workers' strategically located protests are indicative of the mood of the whole state," he said in reply to a post by Stalin in which the latter condemned Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for his recent comments on hate.
Yogi Adityanath, while speaking to news agency ANI, blamed Stalin for trying to create regional and language-based divisions as he feared his vote bank. The UP CM also questioned the anti-Hindi sentiment in Tamil Nadu, saying, "The nation should not be divided on language or regional lines. We are grateful to Prime Minister Modi ji for arranging the third edition of the Kashi-Tamil Sangamam in Varanasi. Tamil is one of India's oldest languages, with a history as rich as Sanskrit. Every Indian respects and reveres Tamil because most things about our heritage are preserved in it. So, why do we need to hate Hindi?"
In response to Yogi’s comments, Stalin dismissed them as "political black comedy." "Tamil Nadu’s strong and just stance on the two-language policy and fair delimitation is resonating nationwide—causing clear distress within the BJP. Just look at their leaders' interviews," Stalin wrote on X.
He also criticized Adityanath, stating, "And now Hon'ble Yogi Adityanath wants to teach us a lesson on hate? Spare us. This isn't irony—it's political black comedy at its darkest."
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