CHENNAI: DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran on Monday claimed that many of the promises made in the NDA's manifesto for the Bihar Assembly election are inspired by the key welfare schemes implemented in Tamil Nadu by the 'Dravidian Model' government led by his party.

He also claimed that Prime Minister Modi's "anti-Tamil" remarks have been exposed as lies by "none other than his own alliance's election manifesto."

"Yesterday, while campaigning in Bihar, Prime Minister Modi accused DMK members of mistreating Bihari workers in Tamil Nadu. Yet today, the NDA's election manifesto itself recognises Tamil Nadu's achievements by adopting DMK government schemes as its own promises," he said in a statement.

The DMK MP said that the NDA's manifesto outlines several social welfare schemes similar to those in

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