‘TN people’s wish’: DMK’s Stalin on proposing Rahul for PM in Chennai, not in Kolkata - Hindustan Times
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‘TN people’s wish’: DMK’s Stalin on proposing Rahul for PM in Chennai, not in Kolkata

Hindustan Times, Chennai | ByHT Correspondent
Jan 20, 2019 08:13 PM IST

Stalin’s call for Gandhi as the prime minister after the 2019 polls as he has the “ability to defeat the fascist BJP” came at a rally in Chennai on December 16 last year as senior opposition leaders gathered for the unveiling of a statue of late DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi at the party office

DMK chief MK Stalin, who had proposed the name of Congress president Rahul Gandhi for the next prime minister at a party rally in Chennai last month, on Sunday defended not doing so at the mega opposition rally, called by West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on Saturday.

DMK chief MK Stalin at United India Rally in Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata on January 10, 2019. (HT Photo/Samir Jana)(HT Photo)
DMK chief MK Stalin at United India Rally in Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata on January 10, 2019. (HT Photo/Samir Jana)(HT Photo)

“Yes I had proposed Rahul Gandhi’s name, in Chennai’s DMK rally, as the next PM. It is very funny that when I said this, media asked me why you said this but yesterday when I did not say this the same media is saying that why you did not say this?” he told media persons, reported ANI news agency.

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Explaining his reasons, he said that he had pitched for Gandhi in Chennai as “it is the wish and aspiration of the people in Tamil Nadu”.

“But in West Bengal, they (the opposition leaders) have decided to finalise this after the election. It is their wish,” he added.

Stalin’s call for Gandhi as the prime minister after the 2019 polls as he has the “ability to defeat the fascist BJP” came at a rally in Chennai on December 16 last year as senior opposition leaders gathered for the unveiling of a statue of late DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi at the party office, Anna Arivalayam.

However, at the ‘United India’ rally, he had not touched on the issue of the leadership proposed anti-BJP alliance and like other leaders, pitched for removing Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

He also said the elections will be akin to the second freedom struggle for people of India to fight against the “radical Hinduism” of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

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