Modi’s televised address an act of desperation, says Stalin

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s televised address to the nation was an act of desperation, an attempt at “damage control” having suffered the defeat in Parliament [during voting on the Constitution Amendment Bill linked to delimitation] where they enjoyed a majority, DMK leader and Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said in Hosur on Sunday.

“It was a political speech replete with insinuations against the Opposition under the cover of the national flag. The speech belonged at an election campaign, and was a government address. It was also in violation of the Election Code,” Mr. Stalin said. It is the “weaponisation of the Delimitation Bill under the guise of women’s reservation” during elections, which had badly boomeranged for Mr. Modi, and is coming back to bite the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), he remarked.