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Throwing his party’s weight behind the Congress to ensure an Opposition win in 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday said arguments by some favouring a front without the grand old party should be rejected.
Stalin, in his birthday address asserted that post-poll alliance and third front are not workable proposals. Rather than who should form the government, the 2024 LS election is about who must not capture power.
“The BJP must be defeated politically. This must be the single goal for all opposition parties.”
Batting for a spirit of unity among opposition parties, the Dravidian party chief said it would bring victory in the general election.
“If national politics is decided based on state based political differences the loss is for us,” he said, a reference to state-specific political realities that hindered bringing like-minded parties together to take on the BJP.
He said arguments put forth by ‘some’ favouring a non-Congress front should be rejected and a post-poll alliance for the Parliamentary election is not practical.
“Political parties should rise above differences and stand together as a unified force to defeat BJP in LS polls. Talks of third front are pointless. I request all parties opposed to BJP to understand this,” he said.
Stalin celebrated his 70th birthday on Wednesday.
All like-minded opposition parties must come together in this fight…I never said who’ll lead or who will become PM. It’s not the question. We want to fight together unitedly, this is our desire.., Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge was quoted as saying By ANI at DMK’s event in Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Main agenda of a country are unemployment, inflation, assault on constitutional & hijack of all constitutional institutions. We have seen in past & they have not been following the constitution at all: Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav was quoted as saying by ANI
Stalin, it’s time, come to the national scene and build the nation as you’ve built this state. To (Mallikarjun) Kharge Ji, I’ll say, let’s forget who’s going to become the PM. Let’s first win elections, then think who’ll become PM. PM doesn’t matter, nation matters, Farooq Abdullah, former J&K Chief Minister and National Conference patron said at the event in Chennai.
