Chennai, May 1 -- Taking a dig at the BJP-led Union government, Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK president MK Stalin on Wednesday said that patriotism is not just an election slogan but a cooperative federal India.

"Patriotism is not an election political slogan for us. A cooperative federal India with state rights is true patriotism. I, one of you, Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin, will stand firm till the end as the protector of India by protecting the dignity of the Constitution and the rule of law and stand as a bulwark against the intrusion of communal politics into Tamil Nadu," Stalin said in his letter to DMK party workers, a day after the month-long budget session of the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly concluded on April 29.

He reca...