Tamil Nadu Assembly election: Kanimozhi targets AIADMK-BJP alliance, calls it opportunistic

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DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi addresses campaigns for P. Abdul Samad, MMK campaigner  of Manaparai Assembly constituency, connected  Saturday.

DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi addresses campaigns for P. Abdul Samad, MMK campaigner of Manaparai Assembly constituency, connected Saturday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Many Opposition leaders look I-T raids arsenic good arsenic CBI and ED cases, but erstwhile they align with the BJP, each cases disappear, alleged DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi.

At the Manapparai constituency successful Tiruchi connected Saturday (April 4, 2026), she canvassed votes for P. Abdul Samad, the Manithaneya Makkal Katchi (MMK) campaigner contesting nether the DMK’s ‘Rising Sun’ symbol, highlighting the improvement works carried retired successful the constituency.

Criticising the AIADMK predetermination manifesto, she quipped that “while a fridge has been offered, a washing instrumentality would beryllium much due for the NDA successful Tamil Nadu.” Ms. Kanimozhi accused AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami of entering this “washing machine” solely to support himself, and described the NDA arsenic purely opportunistic, shifting with each predetermination and showing small respect for Tamil Nadu’s welfare.

Ms. Kanimozhi said the DMK confederation was guided by beardown principles aimed astatine protecting Tamil Nadu. Referring to earlier governmental alignments, she noted that measures specified arsenic the Citizenship Amendment Act and the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights connected Marriage) Act, which criminalised triple talaq, were passed by the BJP without immoderate objection from the AIADMK.

She besides raised concerns implicit policies affecting farmers, the imposition of Hindi, and the deficiency of enactment for Keeladi excavations, portion criticising conditional backing for schoolhouse education. She framed the predetermination arsenic an ideological conflict to safeguard Tamil Nadu’s interests. “This is simply a conflict betwixt Keeladi and Nagpur,” she said.

Pointing to caller governmental shifts, she recalled that during the Lok Sabha elections, Mr. Palaniswami had opposed the CAA and ruled retired immoderate motortruck with the BJP successful the future. “His existent stance reflects a determination driven by governmental survival,” she charged.

Ms. Kanimozhi besides questioned the stalling of projects specified arsenic the Metro Rail enlargement and the hold successful the operation of AIIMS, citing a deficiency of clarity connected the timeline.

Published - April 04, 2026 04:22 p.m. IST

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