LS polls: Bristling at Minister Anitha Radhakrishnan's expletive remarks against PM Modi, BJP targets Kanimozhi

CHENNAI: Accusing Minister Anitha Radhakrishnan of making derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP lashed out at the INDIA bloc on Sunday, saying the conscience of the opposition alliance "is dead".

Meanwhile, based on a complaint filed by the Thoothukudi district BJP unit, the Megnanapuram police in Thoothukudi registered a case against him for derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Modi.

BJP State unit president K Annamalai alleged that DMK leaders have reached a new low in their "uncouth behaviour" and said his party would take up the matter with the Election Commission and the DGP seeking the "strictest and immediate action" against Radhakrishnan. "When they have nothing to criticise, this is the level DMK leaders have stooped. DMK MP Kanimozhi was on the stage and did not bother to stop her colleague," Annamalai said.

The State unit’s official X handle posted a purported video clip and said Radhakrishnan "spoke disgustingly" about Modi in the presence of Kanimozhi and others who witnessed the "nauseating act".

Addressing a press conference in Delhi, Union Minister Anurag Thakur strongly condemned Radhakrishnan's remarks and said there is no place for "such language" in democracy. "When destruction befalls man, it is the conscience which dies first. The conscience of those in 'INDI alliance' is dead," Thakur told reporters at the BJP headquarters.

"One of their ministers yesterday hurled dirty abuses at Prime Minister Modi, made derogatory comments against the Prime Minister using objectionable words, in the presence of a woman MP of the party," Thakur said.