Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin wrote a letter to 37 leaders on social justice. Chennai News – Times of India

Chennai: A week after the Chief Minister announced the creation of a national platform for social justice MK Stalin He furthered his idea of ​​creating a non-political platform to take on the BJP, by inviting leaders of various political parties to nominate their party people as representatives for the platform.
In a letter to 37 leaders across the regional and political spectrum on Wednesday, Stalin intensified his attack on “oppressive forces”, highlighting the “threat posed by religious hegemony” and calling on leaders to unite for social justice. called upon.
“At this critical juncture when oppressive forces are challenging the progress made on the social justice front for decades, it is important that all progressive forces join hands to protect the interests of the oppressed,” he said in a letter to political leaders. . Country.
List of leaders Stalin has written to be included Sonia GandhiLalu Prasad Yadav, Farooq Abdullah, Sharad Pawar, Mamata BanerjeeD Raja, Sitaram Yechury, Chandrababu Naidu, Arvind Kejriwal, Membubha Mufti, Chandrashekhar Rao, Uddhav Thackeray, Akhilesh Yadav and Raj Thackeray. PMK founder S Ramadoss, DMK allies Thol Thirumavalavan, Vaiko and MH Jawahirullah besides AIADMK coordinator O Panneerselvam have also been invited.
On Republic Day, Stalin announced the formation of the All India Federation for Social Justice, a common platform for leaders, members of civil society and like-minded individuals “to achieve the principles of federalism and social justice at the national level”. But will bring
The announcement came as a surprise to many within the DMK as well as Stalin was attempting to play a bigger role in politics even before completing a year in his first term as chief minister. Through the federation, Stalin was seeking not only to bring all non-BJP parties together under a non-political umbrella at the national level, but also to take the saffron party ideologically, but also to make himself a regional strongman. He was trying to rise up as a national player.
Stalin said in the letter that India’s unique, diverse, multi-cultural federation is under threat of bigotry and religious hegemony. “These forces can be fought only when all those who believe in equality, self-respect and social justice are united. It is not a question of political gain, but of re-establishing the pluralistic identity of our republic, as our founding fathers do. had seen.” said.
He said, “I firmly believe that the time has come to stand together as a true federation of states to achieve the above objectives. We must unite with the same firm belief and purpose as we did with the Mandal Commission. to establish.”
The letter said that the federation will be a platform to create a roadmap for taking forward the fight for social justice in India. He suggested the formulation of a common minimum program for uniform adoption by all the states.

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