India, Jan. 23 -- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his repeated call for a "double engine" government. Stalin said such a "dappa" (metal box) model has no place in the state.

Reacting to Modi's remarks at an NDA rally in Maduranthakam, near Chennai, Stalin asked Modi to ponder how states such as Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Telangana, Karnataka, and West Bengal, where the "double engine has not entered", have been registering growth.

The Prime Minister, while inaugurating the NDA's assembly election campaign in Tamil Nadu, had urged voters to choose a state government that works "shoulder to shoulder" with the Centre.

This state-Centre sync is referred to by BJP leaders ...