The top opposition leader recently attended MK Stalin’s 70th birthday celebrations.
Chennai:
In yet another show of opposition unity led by MK Stalin-led DMK ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, non-BJP leaders will gather in Delhi on Monday as part of an all-India convention for the second national convention on social justice. Federation for Social Justice
Prominent attendees will include Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav.
Interestingly, three other prime ministerial candidates are trying to expand their footprint outside their states, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao have also hybridized their representatives. Planned to send to participate in the mode (Online & Online). offline) meeting in which DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin will deliver the presidential address.
Trinamool Congress has sent its MP Derek O’Brien, AAP MP Sanjay Singh and BRS has sent its MP Dr. Keshav Rao.
This is the second such attempt by the DMK towards opposition unity ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Recently, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Tejashwi Yadav, Jammu and Kashmir National Conference’s Farooq Abdullah, and a few others attended a rally to mark Mr. Stalin’s 70th birthday.
While this is being seen as Mr Stalin’s move to play an important national role in forging a strong alliance against the BJP, DMK MP P Wilson, convenor of the federation, denies any political motive for it. He told NDTV, “This is to take forward the social justice movement across India and to realize the vision of everything for everyone. The forces against social justice undermine it by calling it a political move.”