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DMK president and Chief Minister M. K. Stalin connected Tuesday (March 31, 2026) launched his run for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections 2026 from Tiruvarur by calling upon the radical of Tamil Nadu to boycott the [AIADMK-led] National Democratic Alliance and emergence supra governmental differences to enactment the DMK-led confederation “to support the rights of the State”.
“We volition transcend our achievements successful the Dravidan Model 2.0 authorities and instrumentality Tamil Nadu to greater heights. On the time of voting, you lone request to determine whether you privation the anti-Tamil, opportunistic NDA oregon the continuation of the achievements of the DMK government,” helium told the electorate, addressing a rally successful Tiruvarur, which “shaped” his begetter and erstwhile Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi.
Coming down powerfully connected the BJP for denying Tamil Nadu funds and projects for Tamil Nadu, Mr. Stalin said the lone nonsubjective of the NDA was to halt the improvement of Tamil Nadu and destruct the achievements of the DMK Government.
According to him, the BJP has done thing bully for Tamil Nadu since it came to powerfulness astatine the Centre. No peculiar strategy was sanctioned for the state, and funds were denied adjacent for drinking h2o proviso schemes. “Despite the obstructions, we person made Tamil Nadu the No.1 State done businesslike administration. As we resisted Hindi imposition, we were denied funds for acquisition too. Can we manus implicit the authorities to specified a treacherous group?,” helium queried.
Mr. Stalin said, to support Tamil Nadu, DMK should instrumentality to power; if the State is to proceed its march connected the way of the development, the DMK authorities should continue.
“You cognize however opportunistic is the NDA. The AIADMK has surrendered to the BJP; The AIADMKs wide caput Edappadi K.Palaniswami has go a subdivision caput of the BJP,” helium charged.
“The NDA has to beryllium uprooted wholly to forestall Tamil Nadu from becoming a onshore of violence. You should recognize that we are warring not lone for the triumph of DMK and its allies, but for the triumph of Tamil Nadu,” Mr. Stalin argued and “as a lad of the soil” called upon the radical to emergence supra governmental differences to enactment the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance successful the election.
Highlighting the salient features, including the “visionary schemes” for the delta region, of the party’s “superstar” predetermination manifesto, Mr. Stalin said they were not specified assurances. “We volition decidedly instrumentality them,” helium said, seeking votes successful enactment of the DMK candidates Poondi K.Kalaivanan (Tiruvarur) and T.R.B.Rajaa (Mannargudi), K.Marimuthu (Thiruthuraipoondi) of CPI, and Mohammed Mubarak (Nannilam) of SDPI.
Earlier successful the day, Mr. Stalin visited his grandmother, Anjugam’s memorial astatine Kattur adjacent Tiruvarur, and besides paid a sojourn to the “Kalaignar Kottam,” successful the village, wherever helium garlanded the erstwhile Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi’s statue astatine the memorial.
Interestingly, the DMK president had launched his predetermination campaigns for the 2019 Lok Sabha and the 2021 Assembly elections from Tiruvarur. While helium launched the run successful the outskirts of the municipality successful 2019, his 2021 Assembly predetermination run got disconnected to a commencement adjacent the celebrated Kamalalayam” tank, from wherever helium launched the run connected Tuesday (March 31) too.
