Chennai, Jan 23 Issuing a clarion call for the 2024 Parliamentary polls from the dais of his party’s youth wing state conference in Salem, Chief Minister and DMK president M K Stalin on Sunday said that the whole of India would reject Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the ensuing Parliamentary election like Tamil Nadu did in the last two Parliamentary polls.
Delivering his presidential address at the second state conference of the DMK youth wing held at Pethanaickenpalayam in Salem, Stalin said, “Narendra Modi was elected Prime Minister twice (2014 and 2019), but the people of Tamil Nadu did not vote for him on both instances. They will not vote for him this time as well. The whole of India will act like Tamil Nadu in this Parliamentary election.”
Accusing Modi of trying to destroy states since taking over as the PM, the DMK president lambasted the BJP for centralizing power and said that the ruling BJP was legislating on subjects within the purview of states and it does not consult States or their CMs before passing such legislations. Reiterating that they (BJP) have completely snatched away the rights of states through National Education Policy, NEET and GST, the CM said “They have turned states into ATMs contributing to the exchequer of the union government.”
Slamming the Modi regime for not allocating funds even for natural disasters, Stalin referred to the assurances of the PM and union ministers for flood relief assistance to Tamil Nadu and said, “So far, they have not allocated anything. They think merely citing Thirukkural and celebrating Pongal and temple consecration in Ayodhya would fetch votes from the Tamil Nadu people. They have not understood us so far. This is the land of Periyar, Anna and Kalaignar.”