Stalin Interview To ABP Nadu: DMK Munnetra Kazhagam, which is in power in Tamil Nadu, has been in discussion in the whole country for one reason or the other for the last two months. Be it the arrest of DMK minister Senthil Balaji by the ED or the party’s role in the formation of INDIA, an alliance formed to defeat the BJP. Amidst all this, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin in a special interview with ABP Nadu spoke openly on opposition alliance, raids by central agencies as well as opposition to BJP.
Referring to Tamil Nadu government’s CM Nashasta Yojana, free bus travel for women and Pudhumai Pen Yojana, when CM Stalin was asked if he would also announce the demand for prohibition of women, he said, 500 on the occasion of Karunanidhi’s centenary. Liquor shops have been closed. Awareness will be created about reducing the number of liquor shops in a phased manner and its ill-effects.
BJP’s countdown begins – Stalin
On the question of how the parties of different ideologies will be reconciled in the opposition alliance India, the Tamil Nadu CM said, DMK has already proved on many occasions that political parties with different ideologies can unite on the basis of a common cause.
He said, I participated in the meeting of the opposition in Bengaluru, India has been formed to save India. Seeing the united opposition, BJP is in danger. The BJP-led central government works with the idea that it can suppress parties using the Enforcement Directorate, the CBI and other agencies. I believe that the countdown for BJP has started in Bengaluru.
What is the plan to defeat BJP?
He told about his strategy to defeat BJP, I have kept 7 important strategies in the opposition meeting. The unity of secular parties helped in winning in Tamil Nadu. Similarly, I told everyone to unite at the national level. Whichever party is strong in a state, an alliance should be formed in that state under its leadership. The rest of the strategy will be known when the elections come closer.
Who will be the PM candidate of the opposition?
On the question of the PM candidate for the opposition, the DMK leader said, “It is more important than who is the Prime Minister that democratic, secular, egalitarian India should be protected.” After the Bengaluru meeting, I said that the alliance is based on the fact that who should not come to power. The aim is to defeat the BJP.
Referring to 2004, he said, when the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) came to power, no one had announced or expected that Dr. Manmohan Singh would be made the Prime Minister. We should not forget that 10 years of stable governance under his leadership paved the way for India’s continuous development.
BJP will not get success in Tamil Nadu – Stalin
On the question of expansion of BJP in Tamil Nadu, Stalin said, BJP is such a party which does negative politics of dividing people only on the basis of religion. BJP, unable to tell the achievements of its government in the last 9 years, is using agencies like ED to tarnish the image of the ruling government.
He said, the BJP has enslaved the opposition AIADMK in Tamil Nadu. The BJP is trying to climb on the shoulders of the corrupt AIADMK to attract the attention of the people of Tamil Nadu, but this dream will not materialise.
Even after the arrest, the Tamil Nadu CM spoke openly about not removing Senthil Balaji from the cabinet. He said, in the case of Senthil Balaji, the investigating agency should have acted beyond doubt and not the DMK-led government. Said that the BJP, which is questioning the resignation of Senthil Balaji, should first remove all those ministers who have criminal records from their cabinet. The matter of morality in politics cannot be one-sided.
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