Claiming that some parties were attempting to oust the DMK government, he said the alliance winning all seats would be a befitting reply.
Published Mar 11, 2023 | 7:43 PM ⚊ Updated Mar 11, 2023 | 7:43 PM
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK chief MK Stalin (Twitter)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president MK Stalin on Saturday, 11 March, exhorted his party workers to strive to win all the 39 Lok Sabha seats in the state and the lone constituency in neighbouring Puducherry in the Parliamentary elections scheduled next year.
Addressing a mammoth gathering in Coimbatore, where more than 4,000 people from various political parties, including the AIADMK and DMDK joined the ruling DMK, Stalin reminded them that the Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA), led by his party, had lost one seat to the Opposition in the previous Lok Sabha elections in 2019.
He urged his party cadres to work hard to win all the 40 seats in the upcoming elections, since the people had given a clear mandate for the SPA by ensuring a thumping victory to the alliance partner Congress’s candidate in the recent Erode East Assembly bypoll.
திராவிட இனத்தின் சமூக விடுதலைக்காகத் தி.மு.கழகத்தைப் பேரறிஞர் அண்ணா தொடங்கியதால்தான், 1949-இல் தொடங்கப்பட்டு இன்றுவரை நிலைத்து நிற்கிறோம்!
மாற்றுக்கட்சிகளில் இருந்து இணைந்த தோழர்கள் எந்நாளும் அதை மறவாமல் கொள்கைவீரர்களாக தங்களைப் பட்டைதீட்டிக் கொள்ள வலியுறுத்தினேன். pic.twitter.com/QhuPy1h4Vw
— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) March 11, 2023
Stalin said that the win in Erode East was a reflection of the good governance and schemes given to the people of Tamil Nadu, like free bus travel for women — as promised in the manifesto — and ₹1,000 to all girls from Classes 6 to 12 in government schools — which is not in the manifesto.
Claiming that some parties were trying to create confusion and instigate violence in the name of religion and caste, and also attempting to oust the DMK government, he said the alliance winning all 40 seats would be a befitting reply to them.
He also said that the DMK would work for the victory of alliance partners in other states.
Tracing the history of DMK’s founding by late CN Annadurai, he said that it was formed not for power, but to serve the poor, downtrodden, and farmers, and added that the party had seen many ups and downs, dismissals, before coming to power for a sixth time in 2021.
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