Farmers Movement Archive

Tamil Nadu assembly elections 2021: Won't allow CAA, farm laws in state, says M K Stalin

DMK president M K Stalin on Monday said the AIADMK cannot escape from the blame for supporting the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, revoking special status to Jammu and Kashmir and abolishing triple talaq. Minorities would not buy the ruling party’s argument that it was a defender of their rights, he said. Addressing voters at Jolarpet, Stalin said the AIADMK’s promise to repeal CAA was an election drama. “The CAA would not have been passed if the AIADMK and the PMK members in the Parliament had voted against it,” he said. He held Edappadi K Palaniswami and S Ramadoss personally responsible for the passage of CAA. The DMK staged a series of protests and carried out a signature campaign demanding repeal of CAA, he said. Expressing optimism that the party would win the assembly polls, Stalin said the DMK would not implement CAA in Tamil Nadu. “It is Stalin’s promise,” he said. Similarly, the AIADMK and the PMK were responsible for the passage of the three controversial farm laws, he said adding that Palaniswami had called the protesting farmers brokers. He said the DMK would pass a resolution in the assembly not to implement the farm laws in Tamil Nadu.

The Times of India

2021-03-30