Releasing the autobiography of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, titled “Ungalil Oruvan” (One Among You), right here Monday, senior Congress chief Rahul Gandhi hit out on the BJP-led central authorities for “snatching” Jammu and Kashmir (J&Okay)’ s powers and lowering it to a Union Territory (UT), which, he charged, has led to bureaucrats from Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat ruling it now.
Gandhi made these feedback whereas referring to National Conference chief Omar Abdullah’s remarks made in his speech earlier on the occasion, which was additionally attended by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Bihar Opposition chief Tejashwi Yadav, amongst others.
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Continuing on the theme of the BJP dispensation’s alleged assault on federalism, Gandhi stated it has enhanced the Border Security Force (BSF)’s powers in states with out the consent of their governments, which has resulted, he stated, in “lots of of acres of land” in a state like Punjab being “taken away” by the central pressure.
The Congress chief alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was “clueless about the history of Indian states and our diversity”. “Instead of listening to people’s voices and respecting our diversity, they have been imposing their agendas on different states…The voices of our people are not heard, not represented these days. Instead, the voices are being attacked, every institution such as judiciary, Election Commission, and media are being attacked systematically. But BJP shouldn’t be living in their illusions… We know how to fight them; we will fight them because they fight our history and tradition. They cannot defeat us,” he stated on the perform that become a rallying level of some main Opposition figures.
Two distinguished Opposition faces, West Bengal CM Mamta Banerjee and Telangana CM Okay Chandrashekar Rao, had been nevertheless conspicuous by their absence from this perform.
The DMK chief’s autobiography launch was organized as a “grand event”, with distinguished visitors dropped at Chennai in chartered plane for it.
Stalin appeared to confess this when, whereas addressing the gathering, he stated, “Like my wedding that was organized like a national party conference, this (event) too (has been organized similarly)….”
Yadav, in his speech, referred to as for stepping up a marketing campaign demanding reservation in judicial appointments. When politicians are engaged in model constructing and techniques, he stated, a CM like Stalin writing a e book for the youth to know his life is a singular method of speaking with folks.
Abdullah stated the folks of J & Okay would always remember the solidarity prolonged by Tamil Nadu when the Center had taken away its powers. Alleging that J&Okay was divided with out the consent of its folks, he stated each like-minded get together ought to unite to guard the “idea of India”. Claiming that no Indian state met this destiny after Independence, he stated what has occurred to J & Okay could also be later repeated in states like Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Stalin’s e book launched at the moment, written in Tamil, is the primary of a reported three-volume autobiography, capturing the primary 23 years of his life, together with his early days in politics.
In their speeches, the leaders additionally highlighted Stalin’s political journey.
Vijayan detailed Stalin’s political profession, noting that he had “started as a youth leader before assuming key positions in the DMK over the years.” He famous that Stalin began his political journey from the grassroots earlier than happening to grow to be the Chennai mayor, the municipal administration minister, after which the deputy CM. He added that his Tamil Nadu counterpart has been on the forefront of protests at any time when there was any risk to states’ rights.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
