Stalin said Indira Gandhi had asked DMK not to oppose Emergency

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday said Indira Gandhi had urged the DMK not to oppose the Emergency, but the then Chief Minister late M Karunanidhi put democracy before his rule and opposed it, leading to the fall of his government.

Addressing a huge gathering here, Stalin said the late prime minister had sent emissaries to convey to Karunanidhi that he should not oppose the Emergency imposed in 1975 and dismiss the DMK government if he did not heed the plea. May go. Over 4,000 people from various political parties including AIADMK and DMDK joined the ruling DMK.

He said Gandhi imposed emergency in the country to “save himself from the crisis”, following which several people were arrested and several leaders were booked under the then stringent Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA).

“We were ruling Tamil Nadu then. At that point there is a message for Kalaignar (Karunanidhi). From where? From Delhi. The emissaries deputed by Madam Indira Gandhi informed him that (you) should not oppose the Emergency and if opposed the (DMK) government would fall the next moment,” he said.

However, Karunanidhi told him that he did not even care about his life and democracy was important to him.

Later, at a public meeting held at Marina here, Karunanidhi moved a resolution against the Emergency, Stalin recalled.

Soon after, the DMK government was dismissed, he said, adding, “We were all arrested.” ,

Stalin recalled that his party-led Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) had lost one seat to the opposition in the last Lok Sabha election in 2019.

The DMK chief urged the party cadre to work hard to win all the 40 seats (39 in Tamil Nadu and 1 in Puducherry) in the 2024 general elections as the people had given a clear mandate to the SPA by giving a landslide victory to the alliance. Fellow Congress candidate in the recent Erode East Assembly bypoll.

Stalin said the victory in Erode East was a reflection of good governance and schemes given to the people of Tamil Nadu, such as free bus travel for women as promised in the manifesto and Rs 1,000 to all girls in classes 6 to 12 in government schools. Which was not in the manifesto.

Claiming that some parties were trying to create confusion and incite violence in the name of religion and caste and were also trying to dislodge the DMK government, he said that an alliance that wins all 40 seats would be for them. There will be a befitting reply.

He also said that the DMK would work for the victory of alliance partners in other states.

Tracing the history of DMK’s founding by late CN Annadurai, he said it was formed not for power but to serve the poor, downtrodden and farmers and added that the party had seen many ups and downs before coming to fruition. saw dismissals (in 1976 and 1991). To come to power for the sixth time in 2021.

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