The BJP’s Tamil Nadu wing fired off a broadside against Congress-DMK partners on Wednesday, decrying their Chennai protests grieving Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death—linked to February 28 US-Israel operations—as peak political opportunism and unpatriotic.
Spokesperson ANS Prasad’s missive dissected the March 1-2 events as symptomatic of an agenda antithetical to India’s welfare. During PM Modi’s visit, protesters’ push to the US Consulate embodied irresponsibility, courting chaos.
‘Diplomatic targets warrant no such aggression; it besmirches our image abroad,’ Prasad emphasized. He also took aim at Congress duo Sonia and Rahul Gandhi’s critiques of government Middle East policy as self-serving distractions.
With Indian lives in the balance amid West Asian unrest, these barbs erode cohesion, per Prasad. He spotlighted PM Modi’s rapid diplomacy with key Gulf allies to fortify citizen security as the gold standard.
As tensions simmer globally, this domestic spat in Tamil Nadu spotlights the perils of politicizing foreign affairs, with BJP championing prudence over protest theatrics.