Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 1 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK chief MK Stalin mentioned on Wednesday that he has sought postponement of the assembly of main Opposition events in Patna on June 12, as he might be attending an inaugural ceremony on the identical date.
However, he confirmed the social gathering’s participation within the assembly, which is geared toward placing collectively a grand Opposition alliance towards the BJP-led central authorities forward of subsequent yr’s Lok Sabha elections.
Addressing a press briefing on Wednesday, the Tamil Nadu CM mentioned, “I will be attending the inaugural ceremony of Mettur Dam on the same date (as the Opposition meeting). It is an important event. Even the Congress president (Mallikarjun Kharge) will be held up at a different event and won’t be able to attend the meeting on that day. So, I have asked for the meeting of Opposition parties to be pushed back. However, the DMK will surely participate in the meeting.”The DMK chief knowledgeable additional that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann will maintain a gathering with him in Chennai on Thursday to debate the contours of a grand Opposition alliance towards the BJP on the Centre.
“Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will be meeting me tomorrow in Chennai. We have already started discussions on the formation of an anti-BJP alliance and we will get there,” he mentioned.
On his latest visits to Singapore and Japan, the Tamil Nadu chief minister mentioned his official tour was ‘victorious’.
“The meetings between Tamil Nadu and Japan went well. Rs 3,233 crore worth of MoUs were signed during my visits to these two countries. 5000-plus new jobs will be created soon in Tamil Nadu. I met with ministers of Singapore and Japan as well as other senior officials there. I held discussions on ways to take Tamil Nadu forward,” he mentioned.
The CM acknowledged additional that Tamil Nadu will play host to a World Investor Meet on January 10 and 11, subsequent yr. “I invited the officials of Japan and Singapore to participate in the World Investor Meet to be held in Tamil Nadu next year. I hope they will participate in the event,” he added.
Earlier, on Wednesday, Jharkhand Chief Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Hemant Soren confirmed his social gathering’s participation within the assembly of main Opposition forces in Patna on June 12.
To a query on whether or not his social gathering would attend the assembly of Opposition forces in Patna, CM Soren mentioned, “Since all Opposition parties have enlisted their participation at the meeting, we, too, would attend it.”Earlier, on Sunday, Janata Dal (United) chief Manjit Singh mentioned Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will chair a gathering of main Opposition gamers within the state capital on June 12.
The Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has been spearheading efforts to deliver all Opposition events collectively towards the BJP authorities on the Centre, with an eye fixed on subsequent yr’s Lok Sabha polls.
As a part of the trouble to galvanise the Opposition towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP, he has already met the likes of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar. (ANI)