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CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK president M K Stalin on Monday made a strong pitch for opposition unity ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, saying there was “no use in seperate voices,” and that there should be collective effort towards ensuring federalism, brotherhood, equality and social justice.
In his address at the first conference of the DMK-sponsored All India Federation for Social Justice held in the hybrid mode, he also slammed the ruling BJP in Karnataka for doing away with reservation for Muslims, saying it was done with an eye on the May 10 Assembly polls in that state.
In a meeting attended by top political leaders of the country including the CMs of Rajasthan and Jharkhand, Ashok Gehlot and Hemant Soren, respectively, general secretaries of CPM and CPI, Sitaram Yechury and D Raja and J&K National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah, Stalin strongly batted for social justice and hit out at the ruling BJP at the Centre for implementing the 10 per cent EWS quota, questioning the logic behind economic status being a criteria to extend the welfare measure.
Calling for collective efforts, he said “we should give voice for ensuring federalism, brotherhood, equality, social justice … this cannot be a mere voice, there is no use of separate voices. It should be a voice of unity, a voice of coalition,” the 70 year-old leader said.
“However idealistic an ideology may be, for it to succeed the unity among parties which has accepted the ideology is of great importance. Such a unity is not enough if it is in only a few states. It has to happen in every state. It has to be for the whole of India. It is for that unity federation like this will serve as a foundation. Let us fight together,” Stalin said.
In his address at the first conference of the DMK-sponsored All India Federation for Social Justice held in the hybrid mode, he also slammed the ruling BJP in Karnataka for doing away with reservation for Muslims, saying it was done with an eye on the May 10 Assembly polls in that state.
In a meeting attended by top political leaders of the country including the CMs of Rajasthan and Jharkhand, Ashok Gehlot and Hemant Soren, respectively, general secretaries of CPM and CPI, Sitaram Yechury and D Raja and J&K National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah, Stalin strongly batted for social justice and hit out at the ruling BJP at the Centre for implementing the 10 per cent EWS quota, questioning the logic behind economic status being a criteria to extend the welfare measure.
Calling for collective efforts, he said “we should give voice for ensuring federalism, brotherhood, equality, social justice … this cannot be a mere voice, there is no use of separate voices. It should be a voice of unity, a voice of coalition,” the 70 year-old leader said.
“However idealistic an ideology may be, for it to succeed the unity among parties which has accepted the ideology is of great importance. Such a unity is not enough if it is in only a few states. It has to happen in every state. It has to be for the whole of India. It is for that unity federation like this will serve as a foundation. Let us fight together,” Stalin said.
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