Stalin launches campaign with scathing attack on PM Modi over electoral bonds, corruption

Chief Minister and DMK president M.K. Stalin hit the campaign trail for the Lok Sabha election with a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Chief Minister and DMK president M.K. Stalin hit the campaign trail for the Lok Sabha election with a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said that the electoral bonds scheme had turned out to be a “Himalayan scam” that had brought shame to the country.

Countering Mr. Modi’s allegation of corruption against the DMK, Mr. Stalin said that the BJP leader had no right to speak about corruption. “The Prime Minister claims to have provided a corruption-free government over the past 10 years, but has no answer to the corruption charges against his government,” he said.

Over the past five years, raids had been conducted by the Enforcement Directorate, the CBI and the Income Tax Department to make people buy electoral bonds for the BJP, he alleged. “They have collected over ₹8,000 crore. It is unprecedented. They have mobilised funds under the PM Cares Fund, too,” Mr. Stalin said, addressing a public meeting in Siruganur in support of K.N. Arun Nehru, the DMK candidate for Perambalur, and Durai Vaiko, the MDMK candidate for Tiruchi.