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NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu main curate MK Stalin expressed his optimism implicit the DMK-led alliance's triumph successful the authorities assembly elections. He claimed that they would beryllium capable to unafraid implicit 200 seats successful the polls, portion helium besides launched onslaught astatine the BJP of trying to usage the women’s quota arsenic a “weapon” against the opposition.
He besides trained guns astatine the AIADMK main Edappadi K Palaniswami, the enforcement directorate and the Centre.Stalin said the Secular Progressive Alliance, which includes Congress, Left parties and the VCK, would expanse the 234-member Assembly and signifier the Dravidian Model 2.0 government. He claimed nationalist enactment for the DMK had been strengthened by 5 years of governance and payment measures. “People person placed immense emotion and spot successful my party, and with their support, the SPA volition triumph much than 200 seats and signifier the Dravidian Model 2.0 government,” helium said.
Women’s quota row
The main curate said the Union authorities was not superior astir implementing reservations for women and accused the BJP-led Centre of trying to usage it to antagonistic the absorption up of the delimitation exercise. “The Union authorities is not acrophobic astir implementing reservations for women. If their concerns were genuine, they could person done it close away. Rather than doing that, the BJP-led Centre is reasoning of utilizing it arsenic a limb to tackle absorption and instrumentality up the delimitation workout based connected population,” helium said.
He added that women’s preservation indispensable beryllium implemented instantly and without linking it to delimitation. Stalin besides said Tamil Nadu had raised the archetypal dependable connected the contented of delimitation aft realising the authorities could beryllium affected, and argued that states with palmy population-control measures should not beryllium punished.
Attack connected EPS
Stalin dismissed Palaniswami’s complaint that his household was a “power centre”, calling it imaginary and intended to divert attraction from the DMK government’s record.
He besides deed backmost astatine the AIADMK main implicit disapproval connected women’s information and instrumentality and order, saying the Pollachi intersexual battle lawsuit remained a reminder of the erstwhile regime’s failures.He alleged that the AIADMK lacked ideology oregon rule and said the Delhi BJP functioned arsenic its headquarters. On delimitation, helium accused Palaniswami of being “mute” and said the AIADMK person was efficaciously backing the BJP’s position.
ED and payment claims
Stalin described ED actions successful the TASMAC and sand-mining cases arsenic “Centre produced, ED-enacted dramas” and accused the bureau of being turned “servile.” He said the alleged TASMAC scam and amerciable sandmining cases were politically scripted.He besides defended his government’s payment schemes, saying the women’s monthly entitlement of Rs 1,000 and the meal strategy for schoolchildren were among the initiatives closest to his heart.
He said the women’s rights strategy would beryllium raised to Rs 2,000 successful the adjacent term, portion the meal programme would beryllium expanded up to Class 8.This comes amid the run-up to the April 23 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, with counting scheduled for May 4. Stalin said the DMK-led confederation had remained beardown since 2019 and would besides execute good successful Puducherry, wherever polling was held connected April 9.
