Chennai, Feb. 9 -- Ahead of the Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu this year, the Bharatiya Janata Party has been attempting to portray the Indian National Congress as a burden to the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)-led alliance in the State.

BJP leader Narayanan Thirupathy on Monday told ANI, "I have been saying this, the DMK feels that the Congress is a waste luggage and ... as happened in the entire country like how Mamata Banerjee did how the Aam Admi did, the same way DMK is feeling that the party in Tamil Nadu has also become very weak."

Thirupathy was referring to the decision of Trinamool and the Aam Aadmi Party, who decided to decouple for elections with their INDIA ally, Congress.

Congress MP from the Tamil Sivaganga Lok...