stalin thanks oppn leaders for 'defeating black law' in Lok sabha
CHENNAI, April 19 -- Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin, in a video released on Saturday, said that the struggle against the delimitation bill has succeeded and thanked INDIA alliance party leaders, including Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge, who "defeated the Black Law".
"To everyone in Parliament who defeated the Black Law, which was brought entirely in favour of the BJP under the guise of delimitation, as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, I offer my thanks," he said.
Stalin said the delimitation bill identified Tamil Nadu's friends and traitors, adding that the bill's failure to pass is a crushing defeat for AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami even before the elections. "It has been proven that Palaniswami is an agent of Delhi," he noted.
Meanwhile, Palaniswami said the state has lost a golden opportunity to increase its political power as the delimitation bill was defeated in Parliament. "We have not only lost the golden opportunity given by PM Narendra Modi to get 50% more seats, but Stalin, being a puppet and not understanding the crux of the opportunity, blindly opposed it," he said.
Union finance minister Sitharaman said Palaniswami captured how the opposition, led by the Congress and Stalin, has allowed Tamil Nadu to lose out on an opportunity for women's representation in the Parliament and assembly. "Blind hate has damaged the prospects of the State in general and women in particular. Due to the short-sighted, stubborn, visionless and anti-women DMK, Tamil Nadu may end up losing more, instead of gaining," she said in an X post. Meanwhile, Palaniswami said the state has lost a golden opportunity to increase its political poweR....
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