DMK Releases Manifesto for 2024 Lok Sabha Elections, Promises Major Reforms
The manifesto includes scrapping 'One Nation, One Election', repealing the CAA, and implementing a 33% reservation for women in legislature.
- The DMK, part of the Congress-led INDIA bloc, has released its manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, promising to scrap 'One Nation, One Election', repeal the CAA, and award Indian citizenship to returning Sri Lankan Tamils
- The manifesto also pledges to scrap the NEET, cut fuel prices, implement a 33% reservation for women in Parliament and state legislatures, and provide interest-free loans for students and women self-help groups.
- Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister MK Stalin criticized the BJP's governance, accusing it of having 'destroyed India', and emphasized the manifesto as 'the people's manifesto'.
- The DMK announced its 21 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, with Kanimozhi defending her Thoothukudi seat.
- The AIADMK, Tamil Nadu's main opposition party, finalized seat-sharing arrangements with allies DMDK, SDPI, and PT for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.