New Delhi: The minority Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Delhi will not survive for long, said Tamil Nadu chief minister M.K. Stalin in Tamil Nadu’s Krishnagiri on September 14, Sunday.Critical of many run-ins with the Union government, several of the stand offs resulting in financial hits to the state government, Stalin also said, “One day, a government supporting Tamil Nadu will come to power at the centre.”The BJP has 240 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha, heading the government despite failing to secure a majority in 2024 general elections. BJP leads the Union government with the help of alliance partners, the Telugu Desam and the Janata Dal (United).Stalin was on an official trip over the weekend distributing welfare assistance to beneficiaries and speaking on the track record of his government in Chennai. He blamed the Modi government for not fulfilling its electoral promises.“Our ministers Thangam Thennarasu, Govi. Chezhiaan, and S.S. Sivasankar clearly said at a press meet in Chennai that out of the 505 election promises made by the DMK, 364 had been fulfilled and 40 are under consideration by the State government. Apart from this, 37 schemes are under the consideration of the Union government and 64 schemes were not implemented due to financial constraints,” he said.“Our promises such as obtaining exemption for Tamil Nadu from NEET-based medical admissions have not been fulfilled. The DMK fought various legal battles for this. During the 2024 Parliamentary election, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also promised to grant an exemption from NEET for Tamil Nadu [if the Congress-led INDIA bloc was voted to power]. But, the BJP came to power with the support of its allies. The minority BJP Union government will not survive for long. One day, a government supporting Tamil Nadu will come to power at the centre,” The Hindu quoted Stalin as saying.Stalin, interacting with people on his way from the Hosur airstrip to the venue of the official event, the people’s support for the DMK government was on the rise, and berated opposition parties in the state for not being able to accept this fact. He said that the DMK government had even implemented schemes such as the Chief Minister’s Breakfast Scheme, Naan Mudhalvan, Pudhumai Penn Thittam, Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam, and Tamil Pudhalvan that were not on its election manifesto. “Various media outlets and YouTube channels from north Indian States are publishing news by researching the schemes of the DMK government, he said. “But a group that had no principles or ideologies is spreading false information about the ruling government and indulging in cheap politics.”In Tamil Nadu yesterday, the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) the party led by popular cinestar Vijay also launched its people contact programme in Trichy, before the Assembly elections due in the state next year in May.Vijay has been very critical of the ruling DMK as well as of the BJP for ‘vote-chori’ or stealing mandates, as alleged by the national opposition parties, especially in Bihar and Maharashtra. “Our vision is a Tamil Nadu without poverty, dynastic politics and corruption and a true democracy with conscience,” Vijay said, as per The Newsminute. Whether his popularity as a celebrated actor in the state can convert into political support and which way that will go, remains the big question.AIADMK has forged an alliance with the BJP, though the party, led by Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) has been reluctant to spell out if they would form an alliance government if they come to power dislodging the DMK-led government. EPS is reported to be on a visit to Delhi with other leaders on September 15 (Monday) to meet BJP leaders. He is expected to meet Home Minister Amit Shah tomorrow. This is the first visit to Delhi by EPS after several departures of senior leaders from his party and the alliance led by him and his party.