New Delhi, Feb. 15 -- Ahead of the upcoming assembly elections, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Sunday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was a "drag" in Tamil Nadu politics, while claiming that its national brand of politics doesn't resonate with people here.

"The BJP is a drag as far as Tamil Nadu politics is concerned. While the BJP has succeeded in many parts of India, its brand of politics does not resonate with people in the state. And their brand of politics doesn't gel well with Tamil Nadu. BJP is only looked at from a national prism. And in the national prism, their actions are not something which gels well with the average person from Tamil Nadu," Karti told ANI.

Chidambaram said that the BJP's presence in Tamil Nadu ...