Nadda flags off BJP yatra in MP; attacks Opposition alliance over DMK leader’s ‘Sanatan Dharma’ comments

BJP chief JP Nadda urges people to reject INDIA alliance, which he claims is spreading "hatred" and "poison". He flags off BJP's 'Jan Ashirwad Yatra' from Chitrakoot, urging people to make BJP victorious in Assembly and Lok Sabha polls. Nadda alleges DMK has attacked Sanatan Dharma and asks people to reject alliance.

BJP president J P Nadda on September 3 appealed to people to reject the opposition bloc INDIA, which he alleged was spreading "hatred" and "poison" and attacking the country's culture and tradition.

Speaking at a function in Chitrakoot city of Madhya Pradesh ahead of the Assembly polls due this year-end, Mr. Nadda also urged people to make the BJP victorious in the state and also at the Centre in the next Lok Sabha elections to help the country become the third largest economy in the world.

Later, amid slogans of "Bharat Mata ki Jai", Mr. Nadda flagged off the BJP's 'Jan Ashirwad Yatra' from Chitrakoot.

BJP's national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya and Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra, standing on a vehicle of the yatra, waved party flags as the crowd chanted "Vande Matram" and "Bharat Mata ki Jai".

"Rahul Gandhi's 'Mohabbat ki Dukaan' (shop of love) has turned out to be 'nafrat failane wali dukaan' (shop spreading hatred). Why is hatred being sold in Rahul Gandhi's Mohabbat ki dukaan?" he asked.

"The Opposition (INDIA alliance) that met in Mumbai a couple of days ago is attacking India's culture, tradition and religion. Has this political game plan been hatched in Mumbai? Is their politics revolving around finishing Sanatan Dharma?" Mr. Nadda asked before flagging of his party's mass outreach programme.

He said a major constituent of the opposition alliance — (Tamil Nadu's ruling) DMK — has attacked Sanatan Dharma.