A few days after Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief MK Stalin endorsed Congress president Rahul Gandhi for the prime ministerial post, BJP national secretary Ram Madhav mocked him, asserting that it (the PM post) is not vacant for the next 10 years.

While addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Ram Madhav said, "There are half a dozen of people waiting to be PM in DMK's alliances. In any case, they are free to make announcements but the post is not vacant for the next ten years."

"There can be future PM candidates but we'll see when that future comes," he said.

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He said DMK chief M K Stalin's proposal had not found resonance even within the parties the Congress wants in the proposed grand alliance.

"Soon after the announcement [by Stalin] that Rahul will be the prime minister, somebody elsewhere in the country said we are also in the queue...how you can say that he [Rahul] is the only person, I am also there," he quipped.

Ram Madhav deplored that despite the DMK's Sunday's event being a solemn occasion, where its late patriarch M Karunanidhi's statue was unveiled, it was used to "attack the government [Centre] and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling him names and naming the future PM".

After proposing Rahul Gandhi for the prime ministerial post, MK Stalin put out a statement late Monday night to further reiterate to his cadres on why he took this decision. His statement said that projecting Rahul for PM is the right thing to unite the secular forces.

"Rahul was responsible for victory in three BJP bastion states. We require a strong leadership to coordinate democratic forces. That's why I've proposed Rahul. I am confident our allies would understand."

Reiterating his Rahul for PM pitch and attacking PM Modi, Stalin tweeted: "We will install a new Prime Minister in Delhi. We will build a new India. I have proposed Thiru @ rahulgandhi's name as PM and appeal to respected leaders of all the parties to strengthen his hands and save the nation from the fascist Modi government."

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