Chennai, Sept. 18 -- Asserting that arresting and defeating the BJP juggernaut is a historical duty, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin and ruling DMK president on Wednesday warned that if not now, the saffron parivar's next agenda would be "wiping out States as they had carried out the trial" in Jammu and Kashmir.

"If we fail to stop the BJP now, they will move towards their next agenda of wiping out States. Already they had carried out the trial for this in Jammu and Kashmir. We are at the crossroads of launching a battle to protect the country which is a historical duty imposed on us as in the past," he said, addressing the party's annual 'mupperum vizha' - foundation day of DMK and birth anniversaries of Dravidian icons, 'Periyar' EV ...