'The very usage is wrong': Nirmala Sitharaman objects to Stalin's 'migratory bird' jibe at PM Modi

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman objected to Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin's "migratory bird" jibe made at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his recent visits to the state. She said the very usage of the word was not proper. The senior BJP leader also slammed the ruling DMK over issues including the drug menace in the state.

"The chief minister says the PM is coming to Tamil Nadu like a migratory bird. Anyone can travel anywhere in the country. The very usage is wrong... CM is in such a situation that he makes remarks like these," a PTI report quoted Sitharaman as saying. She was canvassing votes for the party's Krishnagiri nominee for the April 19 Lok Sabha polls, C Narasimhan.

Sitharaman said that the Prime Minister has brought investments and the Defence Corridor which has benefited Hosur in the district, but "they (DMK) come here only for collection."

In an apparent reference to the DMK's first family, she said there was much "proof" that alleged drug kingpin Jafar Sadiq, arrested by the NCB in Delhi, recently had contacts with the "family", the PTI report further added.

Stalin on Wednesday took strong exception to Modi's campaign in the state that day and likened the latter's visits to a migratory bird arriving at the sanctuary during the season and posed him questions on a series of issues.