Chennai, June 27 -- Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Thursday said that religion was not under threat in the state and "the only thing under threat in this state is the BJP alliance".

Stalin was referring to the conference held for the devotees of Lord Murugan on June 22 by right wing group Hindu Munnani, with the backing of the BJP. The event generated controversy owing to the display of videos criticising Dravidian stalwarts EV Ramaswamy Periyar and CN Annadurai,

"They do not know how to gain votes in Tamil Nadu, so they continue to divide people on the basis of religion and caste. But the people of Tamil Nadu will not fall for the BJP's fake devotion drama," said Stalin without directly naming the event.

"Religion is not under...