Union Minister G Kishan Reddy alleged on Sunday that the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in Tamil Nadu is spreading "false propaganda" under the guise of delimitation and Hindi imposition in order to deflect attention from the allegations surrounding the 'liquor scam' it faces ahead of the state assembly elections.

According to news agency PTI, Reddy, asserting that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would come to power in Karnataka and Telangana in the south, and accused the parties attending the Chennai meeting on delimitation, convened by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister (CM) MK Stalin on Saturday, of attempting to prevent the BJP’s expansion in the southern states.