The BJP said Udhayanidhi Stalin doesn’t have the maturity to become the deputy chief minister of Tamil Nadu. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said on Sunday that Tamil chief minister MK Stalin’s son, Udhayanidhi Stalin, doesn’t have the maturity to hold the post of the state’s deputy chief minister. On Saturday, the junior Stalin was elevated to the position of Tamil Nadu’s deputy chief minister. The BJP branded his elevation as a stark example of dynasty politics.
“Appointing ministers or deputy chief ministers is the prerogative of the chief minister, we don’t deny that. He has all the right. But Udhayanidhi Stalin does not have enough maturity to become not only the Deputy Chief Minister but also a minister. A person becomes a minister, degrading, demeaning, saying that he will eradicate sanatan dharma, and you don’t apologise for that. How can he become the Deputy Chief Minister?” said Tamil Nadu BJP vice president Narayanan Thirupathi.
He said it would be a matter of shame for Tamil Nadu that Senthil Balaji, who was in jail for 417 days, would become a minister in the state government. Udhayanidhi Stalin is currently serving as the minister for youth welfare and sports development. Balaji walked out of Puzhal Central Prison in Chennai after the Supreme Court granted him bail in a money laundering case linked to the cash-for-jobs scam.BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari said the only merit Udhayanidhi holds is that he is the chief minister’s son.
“This is the parivarvad (nepotism) which PM Modi speaks about. MK Stalin promoted and made his son Udhayanidhi Stalin the Dy CM. There is no merit except being the CM’s son… All of them are only focused on family interests, not the interests of the country. This is why they were rejected as an alliance… The youth of India is watching… On one hand, the PM spoke on the Red Fort and gave a call that 1000 youngsters without any experience or family background in politics should enter politics to serve the country. On the other hand, you have the INDI alliance which is only focusing on looting,” he said.
