India, March 24 -- Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Monday asserted that his party, the DMK, has been protecting the Muslims from political threats such as the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 'like a bastion'.

He also promised that the party would continue to safeguard the rights of Muslim minorities in the future as well.

Speaking at an Iftar party hosted by the ruling party's minority wing at Thiruvanmiyur in the state capital Chennai, Stalin also hit out at the opposition AIADMK for supporting the CAA

"When the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was introduced, the DMK voted against it because the CAA was against the Muslims. But the AIADMK MPs supported it," PTI quoted the CM as saying.

Stalin also took a jibe at the leader of ...