Chennai, Jan. 23 -- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Friday, taking a dig at the BJP's slogan of "double engine government," labelled it as "Dappa engine" stating that it "won't run" in Tamil Nadu.

"The 'Double Engine' that the Prime Minister speaks of as 'Dappa Engine' won't run in Tamil Nadu!" Stalin said in a post on X.

Responding to PM Modi's remarks in Madurantakam, Stalin claimed that the states without the BJP's "double engine" government are the ones "soaring high" in development.

"Honourable Prime Minister Sir... Despite all the barriers imposed by the Union BJP government, Tamil Nadu has achieved the kind of development that history speaks of by shattering them. Think about it a little... Compared to the "Double Engine"...