When Amma is not there Modi is our daddy, India's daddy: AIADMK minister

State Minister for Milk and Dairy Development K T Rajenthra Bhalaji has labelled Prime Minister Narendra Modi the "daddy" of Tamil Nadu

When Modi became ‘daddy’

The political equation between the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to have changed 180-degrees since AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa's death. In March 2016, Union Minister Piyush Goyal came down heavily on the AIADMK leadership (read Jayalalithaa), saying Tamil Nadu was "a state within a state". Fast forward to 2019, and Goyal can be heard waxing eloquent about Jayalalithaa's pro-poor initiatives and calling her a "true nationalist". Then there is State Minister for Milk and Dairy Development K T Rajenthra Bhalaji, who has just labelled Prime Minister Narendra Modi the "daddy" of Tamil Nadu.