"Tamil Nadu Assembly elections will be favourable for NDA," says BJP leader R Sarathkumar

He claimed that, although the Central Government has announced several welfare schemes, they are not being delivered effectively to the public.

"The elections would be highly favourable for the NDA, and I am confident that the alliance has a strong chance of victory. The Central Government has announced several welfare schemes, but they are not being effectively delivered to the public. The Tamil Nadu government keeps claiming that the Central Government has not done anything," Sarathkumar told ANI.

Earlier, Tamil Nadu BJP president Nainar Nagendran launched a sharp attack on the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and its ally, the Congress, describing their alliance as a "failed engine" as political campaigning intensifies ahead of the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.

Reacting to Chief Minister MK Stalin's recent remark in which he described the NDA as a "dabba engine", Nainar Nagendran said that after the elections, people will clearly know which is the "failed engine", which is the "dabba engine," and which is the Vande Bharat engine.

The BJP state president further questioned the stability and cohesion of the DMK-Congress alliance, citing what he described as contradictory statements by Congress leaders.

"I hear that the DMK alliance itself is a failed engine. The Congress party keeps making contradictory statements. It is not clear whether Congress will remain in the DMK alliance or whether it will end up as a failed engine," he said, casting doubt on the future of the opposition alliance.

In the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly, the DMK won 133 seats in the 2021 Assembly polls. Congress won 18, PMK won 5, VCK won 4, and others won 8.

The AIADMK won 66 seats in the elections.

The Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA), led by the DMK and comprising the Congress, won 159 seats, while the NDA won 75. (ANI)