Hyderabad, April 2 -- BJP leader C.R. Kesavan slammed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday, asserting that the CM is in a state of panic and is attempting to spin a 'non-existent North-South narrative' ahead of the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.

Speaking to ANI, Kesavan alleged that Stalin has consistently weaponised regional and linguistic identities for electoral gain. He asserted that the people of Tamil Nadu won't be deceived again and now have a clear alternative in the form of the NDA.

"In the last five years, M.K. Stalin's DMK government's only motive has been the development of dynasty and definitely not the development of Tamil Nadu... The 8 crore people of Tamil Nadu have immensely suffered under the DMK ...