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Chief Minister and DMK president M.K. Stalin connected Wednesday accused the AIADMK and its wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami of continuously betraying the interests of minorities by striking an confederation with the BJP for selfish interests.
“If the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) comes to power, it volition ruin the developed State of Tamil Nadu. Only the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance has the spot to forestall this,” Mr. Stalin said portion addressing the Mahalla Jamaats (local mosque committees) league organised by the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) connected the outskirts of Kumbakonam.
‘Muslims harmless successful T.N.’
The DMK, Mr. Stalin said, would ever support the rights of Muslims and safeguard the community. Tamil Nadu was the lone State successful the state that was harmless for Muslims, and this was due to the fact that of the DMK, helium said.
“DMK was the protector of minorities. That’s wherefore nutrient authorities and mob unit person not reared their heads. But the peaceful concern present irritated some, who tried to make confusion. They utilized agencies specified arsenic the Enforcement Directorate, the CBI, and the Income Tax Department to contented threats and cobbled unneurotic an confederation that included the AIADMK. We each person a work to thrust them away. If we basal united, Tamil Nadu’s maturation cannot beryllium hindered,” helium said.
Accusing Mr. Palaniswami of continuing his “journey against Muslims”, Mr. Stalin said the erstwhile Chief Minister had repeatedly betrayed the interests of minorities, particularly by supporting the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the Waqf (Amendment) Act, and that it was the DMK that opposed them and mounted a ineligible challenge.
He further alleged that if not for AIADMK’s support, the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill would not person been passed successful Parliament. “The AIADMK, portion successful power, refused to concede to our request to follow a solution against the CAA successful the Assembly. Later, erstwhile we moved a solution against it connected returning to power, the AIADMK MLAs, fearing the BJP, staged a walkout nether the pretext of not being allotted capable clip (to speak),” Mr. Stalin alleged, adding that helium had “boldly announced” that the CAA would not beryllium implemented successful Tamil Nadu.
The AIADMK did not firmly reason the Waqf Amendment Bill too, and the enactment MP M. Thambidurai spoke successful Parliament for conscionable 11 seconds connected the subject, pleading with the BJP, alternatively than demanding the withdrawal of the Bill, Mr. Stalin further alleged.
Welfare measures
Mr. Stalin announced that the pension and household pension for Ulemas and their families would beryllium accrued to ₹5,000 per period and ₹2,500 per month, respectively. The fiscal assistance for the acquisition of two-wheelers for Ulemas would beryllium doubled to ₹50,000 and an further Waqf Tribunal would beryllium acceptable up successful Coimbatore.
Sites for mounting up ‘kabarsthans’ would beryllium identified and vacant Urdu teacher posts successful authorities high/higher secondary schools would beryllium filled, helium said. Other demands raised astatine the league would beryllium gradually fulfilled, helium added.
IUML nationalist president K.M. Kader Mohideen said a ‘youth brigade’ had been projected to beryllium formed to solicit enactment for the DMK-led alliance. Ten oregon 11 younker per Mahalla Jamaat would beryllium selected and they would beryllium ‘trained to explain’ to the nationalist the imaginable threats to number communities if anti-minority outfits were allowed to summation governmental powerfulness successful the State.
Resolutions seeking enactment from the authorities machinery for the uplift and advancement of institutions tally by the number communities and for infrastructure improvement and different works for the creaseless behaviour of Mahamagam festival astatine Kumbakonam were passed astatine the conference.
