Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin. (File photo: PTI)
Responding to IT searches on relatives and persons linked to his cabinet colleague V Senthil Balaji last week, he accused the ruling BJP at the Center of trying to “intimidate” opposition parties using agencies like the Income Tax, CBI and ED.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday said that his DMK will take all steps to have a rapprochement with the opposition ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Addressing reporters on his arrival here from Japan, he accused the ruling BJP at the Center of trying to intimidate opposition parties by using agencies like Income Tax, CBI and ED. Associate V Senthil Balaji last week.
The chief minister returned here after a nine-day official visit to Singapore and Japan to attract more investment in the state. Asked about Thursday’s meeting with AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann, chief ministers of Delhi and Punjab respectively, and whether it was part of “coordination with the opposition”, the DMK president said, This effort is already underway.” “It is not new. DMK will also participate in it wholeheartedly,” he said.
Asked about the ‘Sengol’ (scepter) being installed in the new Parliament building and whether it was a symbol of Tamil pride, the Chief Minister said that if it was truly from the Chola dynasty, as claimed. “The way our women wrestlers were attacked by the police, Sengol bowed down that day,” she said, referring to her protest demanding the arrest of Wrestling Federation of India chief Brijbhushan Sharan Singh for alleged sexual harassment.
On his two-nation visit, Stalin said investment proposals worth over Rs 3,000 crore have been signed.
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