CHENNAI, April 20 -- Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday slammed the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the Congress for not allowing the legislation related to women's reservation in Parliament to pass.

Addressing an election rally at the Vasudvanallur (SC) constituency near Tenkasi district in Tamil Nadu, Singh asserted that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would certainly provide 33% reservation for women.

In a sharp rhetorical strike at the DMK government, he asked voters to know what the DMK stands for.

He said "'D' (in DMK) stands for Dushprayogam in Tamil (meaning misuse of power), 'M' refers to Muraikedu (corruption) and 'K' means Kutram (crime against women)" "DMK is referred like this," he said.

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