
Parliamentary elections will answer whether electoral system will prevail in India: Stalin
The Hindu
DMK President M.K. Stalin asserts upcoming elections will determine the fate of democracy, Constitution, and electoral system in India.
Chief Minister and DMK president M.K. Stalin on Wednesday said that the upcoming Parliamentary elections would answer whether democracy, the Constitution and the electoral system would prevail in India.
In Delhi, the country’s capital, the BJP government at the Centre had created an environment that was worse than a battlefield to oppress the farmers, who were fighting for their rights, Mr. Stalin said, in a letter to party cadre.
Regional parties such as the DMK and its allies had the ability to take on the BJP, which was indulging in sectarian politics. That was why Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president J.P. Nadda were speaking about the DMK at every opportunity. The DMK was giving them sleepless nights, Mr. Stalin said.
In non-BJP-ruled States, they were creating hurdles through Governors, and they were disrespecting the Constitution, he said.
‘The Voice of Stalin to Retrieve Rights’ campaign would be held in all Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, barring Chennai, on February 16, 17 and 18, Mr. Stalin said.
“The campaign would be a platform to train the party cadre in our strategy for the Lok Sabha polls and expose the betrayal of the people of Tamil Nadu by the BJP and the AIADMK. That would set the stage for the defeat of fascism, and ensure the victory of INDIA,” he said.

The sudden demise of Deputy Chief Minister and NCP supreme Ajit Pawar has thrown Maharashtra's politics in a state of flux. The regional power equations in a turbulent political ecosystem are likely to change due to the death of a mass leader with a strong grip over administration, and acceptance across the entire party leadership. As the chequered path of succession will be discussed, throwing several names from the Pawar family and outside the Pawar family in the ring, speculations on whether his wife Sunetra Pawar will emerge as the dark horse, have also emerged. What will be the decision of the Pawar family, how will Mahayuti be shaped now, what path will the senior satraps of NCP who had accepted Ajit Pawar's leadership, take? His death has led to several unanswered questions, leaving a void in the State politics for a long time.












