No to CAA if DMK voted to energy, says Stalin

DMK President M Ok Stalin on Monday promised that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act is not going to be allowed in Tamil Nadu if his social gathering was voted to energy within the April 6 Assembly elections and slammed the ruling AIADMK for ‘supporting’ the BJP in Parliament on the problem.
Had the AIADMK and lone PMK member within the Rajya Sabha voted in opposition to the invoice, CAA wouldn’t have seen the sunshine of day and the 2 events must be blamed for the ‘plight’ of minorities all around the nation, he stated.
Protests had damaged out in opposition to the contentious Act earlier in varied components of the nation, together with in Shaheen Bagh in Delhi.
Addressing an election assembly in Jolarpet, Stalin charged the ruling AIADMK with “enacting a drama” on the matter forward of the polls and recalled that his social gathering had earlier staged protests in opposition to the CAA and likewise launched an enormous signature marketing campaign in opposition to it.
“I assure. We are going to come to power, there is no doubt about that. So after we come to power, we will not allow this CAA (to be implemented) in Tamil Nadu. This is an assurance given by Stalin,” he stated.
The DMK shared an “umbilical chord” with minorities and can all the time again them, Stalin added.
He additionally recalled that his social gathering had opposed the invoice in Parliament.
The AIADMK supported the ruling BJP on the Centre on points like abrogation of Article 370 and abolition of Triple Talaq, however was now “enacting a drama” as if it have been a protector of the minorities, Stalin stated whereas lashing out at his social gathering’s arch rival.
He additionally slammed Chief Minister Ok Palaniswami for not passing an meeting decision in opposition to the three contentious central farm legal guidelines, going through stiff resistance from farmers agitating exterior Delhi for about 4 months, mentioning that states like Punjab, West Bengal and Kerala had finished so.
He promised to do the identical within the state if his social gathering received the April 6 polls and shaped the federal government.
Various guarantees made within the DMK manifesto for the polls, together with Rs 1,000 “rights assistance” to ladies household heads, reducing down petroleum costs could be carried out if it was voted to energy, he stated.