Chennai, March 29 -- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President MK Stalin on Sunday unveiled what the party termed a "Superstar Manifesto" ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections, triggering a sharp political face-off with the opposition AIADMK and BJP, who dismissed the document as a "copy-paste" exercise and accused the ruling party of indulging in "sticker politics," even as DMK leaders defended it as a comprehensive, people-driven roadmap anchored in the Dravidian model.

From the second paragraph onward, the manifesto details reflect a wide-ranging welfare and development agenda, structured around six pillars: women, family, youth, farmers, infrastructure, and governance. Positioned as a "game-changing plan," Stalin emphasised "smart e...