Chennai, March 9: With days remaining for Election Commission to announce the schedule for the Lok Sabha polls, controversial comments have started pouring in. InĀ the latest, Tamil Nadu stateā€™s minister KT Rajendra Balaji has called Prime Minister Narendra Modi as ā€˜Indiaā€™s Daddyā€™ on Friday, while comparing him with AIADMK patron and former chief minister J Jayalalithaa. He also referred PM Modi as AIADMK's and his ā€˜Daddyā€™ (father).

Expressing his views on Narendra Modi, the minister said, as reported by ANI, ā€œAmma's (Jayalalithaa) decisions were her own. So it was different, but in today's context due to absence of Amma, Modi is our daddy, he is our daddy, India's daddy.ā€Ā ā€˜Honour Abhinandan Varthaman With Param Veer Chakraā€™, Writes Tamil Nadu CM to PM Narendra Modi.Ā 

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It is to be known that All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has made an alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party in Tamil Nadu for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. As per the alliance, BJP would contest five seats in the state, while the rest would be fought by the ruling party in state. Tamil Nadu has 40 Lok Sabha seats. Also, both the parties would also contest together as ally in the state Assembly elections, but the seat-sharing deal has not been revealed.

This is not the first time that any political leader has called PM Modi ā€˜Indiaā€™s Fatherā€™. Earlier in 2018, while participating in a debate show of a news channel, BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra had called Narendra Modi ā€“ ā€˜his father and Indiaā€™s fatherā€™.

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