Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday attacked the DMK and the Congress over Jallikattu, a popular and controversial tradition of running bulls in Southern Tamil Nadu, which had been banned over animal cruelty concerns. He said it was the BJP at the Centre which cleared an ordinance allowing the tradition to continue while the Congress wanted to ban it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking at a rally in Madurai as a part of the BJP\u2019s poll campaigning, PM Modi accused the DMK and Congress of disrespecting and outlawing the practice and lying to the people of the state. He said that the people of Tamil Nadu wanted the tradition to continue but the Congress has termed it barbaric. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
PM Modi said that the UPA was in power in Delhi in 2011 and DMK had big ministries in the Centre. The same UPA government banned Jallikattu even one Congress leader described Jallikattu as a barbaric practice. Moreover, in 2016, the Tamil Nadu Congress manifesto called for a ban on Jallikattu. Congress-DMK should be ashamed of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Prime Minister also praised the Tamil language, hailing it as the world’s oldest and Madurai’s connection to Tamil literature and culture. Praising Tamil culture, PM Modi said that the DMK and Congress have no real agenda but they should control their lies because people are not fools. He said that the facts suggest something else when the Congress and the DMK keep projecting themselves as the sole custodians of Tamil Culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Campaign for the AIADMK-BJP alliance ahead of next week’s election in Tamil Nadu, PM Modi played the Jallikattu card to appeal to voters in Madurai as he accused the DMK and Congress of disrespecting and outlawing the practice, and lying to the people of the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n