Mumbai, Mar 17: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Sunday described the electoral bonds as "white collar corruption" of the ruling BJP and said the opposition bloc INDIA will form a secular, federal and inclusive government at the Centre.
Stalin was the first speaker at the INDIA grouping's rally at Mumbai's Shivaji Park.
"Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done only two things in the past ten years foreign trips and fake propaganda. We have to stop this," he said.
The DMK chief said since the opposition named its bloc INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance), the BJP has stopped using the word India'.
"This is fear. PM Modi has started defaming us as corrupt, but electoral bonds proved that BJP is corrupt. It's white collar corruption of the BJP," said Stalin.
Stalin said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra was an attempt to see through the heart of India, which he claimed has been destroyed by the BJP.
There is no bigger threat to India than BJP, he alleged.
"We have to defeat BJP. The journey which started in Kanyakumari should end by wresting power in Delhi," he said, adding that the INDIA bloc will form a secular, federal and inclusive government at the Centre after the Lok Sabha polls.
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah said INDIA block partners have united to save the country.
AAP leader and Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said, "We are all here together because we don't fear going to jail. To win, we have to fight," he said.
Bharadwaj said that electoral bonds have exposed the BJP and people should be made aware of it.
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Baghdad, Feb 25 (AP): Former Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, known for promoting the rule of law, returned to Baghdad Tuesday for the first time in more than two years despite ongoing security threats.
In 2021, he survived an assassination attempt in which two armed drones targeted his residence in Baghdad's Green Zone area. The attack came at a time of tensions sparked by the refusal of Iran-backed militias to accept parliamentary election results.
Al-Kadhimi left Iraq after his term as prime minister ended in 2022 and has been living in London and the United Arab Emirates.
The former prime minister did not immediately make any public statements upon his return.
Three officials with his office who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak publicly said security threats against the former prime minister were still present. They said he had returned at the invitation of current Iraqi political leaders who hoped he could use his connections to help them confront a worsening economic crisis that threatens the country's stability.
Al-Kadhimi has good relations with the United States and Saudi Arabia. Iraq is currently looking to strengthen ties with both countries, particularly as regional upheavals over the past year have left Iran in a weakened position.
During his term, Baghdad hosted a series of talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia, which helped pave the way for the regional rivals to formally restore diplomatic ties in 2023 after a seven-year rift. He was Iraq's former intelligence chief before becoming prime minister in 2020 following mass anti-government protests that toppled the previous cabinet.
Iraq is also set to hold parliamentary elections later this year, raising the possibility that al-Kadhimi might be preparing to attempt a political come-back.