New Delhi: On Sunday, DMK chief M.Ok. Stalin requested Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to unite opposition, sew an alliance towards BJP-led central authorities. Stalin accused the Centre of unleashing a ”chemical” and ”cultural” assault towards the state.
While addressing a public assembly in Salem, Stalin alleged India was “suffocating due to the communal, fascist” forces and that Rahul Gandhi had a duty to guard the nation towards it.
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Talking concerning the 2019 Parliamentary polls, Stalin mentioned the BJP couldn’t win even a single Lok Sabha seat from Tamil Nadu as secular events led by the DMK got here collectively. He added, BJP bought solely a 37 per cent vote share within the Lok Sabha polls in 2019, which meant that the rest, 63 per cent of individuals opposed it, however they voted for various events.
A PTI report cited Election Commission knowledge stating seven nationwide events collectively secured 69 per cent votes within the 2019 LS polls which incorporates the BJP’s 37.76 per cent, Congress social gathering’s 19.7 per cent, CPI’s 0.59 per cent and CPI(M)’s 1.77 per cent.
Talking concerning the Hydrocarbon, Methane extraction initiatives together with Kudankulam nuclear energy undertaking, the Chennai-Salem Express Highway and the Neutrino Observatory initiatives Stalin acknowledged that these initiatives have been a ”chemical assault” by the Centre on Tamil Nadu.
According to the PTI report, the DMK chief alleged ”cultural assault” by ”imposition” of Hindi and Sanskrit, the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test and filling vacancies in Tamil Nadu by recruiting individuals belonging to northern states. He additional alleged that solely DMK might stand as much as such assaults and AIADMK has proved by its conduct over the previous 5 years that it can’t tackle the Centre.
Bringing up AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa’s loss of life in 2016, the DMK chief additionally accused the BJP of hatching a conspiracy. He even accused Centre of not taking any initiative to help the burial of late DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi within the Marina beachfront in Chennai. According to the PTI report, he claimed that the Tamil Nadu authorities ”didn’t give permission,” and that the Centre didn’t take any initiative and Modi too didn’t give a thought to it. Karunanidhi was buried in Marina after the matter went to the Madras High Court.
