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DMK MPs avoided Delhi protest out of fear of BJP: MP Manickam Tagore
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News18•12-10-2026, 10:39
DMK MPs avoided Delhi protest out of fear of BJP: MP Manickam Tagore
- •Tamil Nadu Congress Committee President B. Manickam Tagore criticized the DMK for not sending a single MP to the Delhi protest demanding the Chief Election Commissioner's resignation.
- •He noted that leaders from Left parties, VCK, and MDMK participated in the protest and were arrested, whereas DMK MPs stayed away to avoid antagonizing the BJP.
- •Tagore pointed out that blaming the S.I.R. for election defeats contradicts earlier claims by M.K. Stalin that voter list revisions were successfully managed without issues in Tamil Nadu.
- •He asserted that the real reasons for DMK's electoral defeat are unprecedented corruption, breakdown of law and order, and mistreatment of alliance parties.
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MP Manickam Tagore criticized DMK MPs for failing to participate in the Delhi protest demanding the resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner, alleging they did so out of fear of antagonizing the BJP.
Tagore stated that the DMK's defeat in the 2026 assembly elections and recent by-elections was caused by unprecedented corruption, the deterioration of law and order, derogatory remarks about women, and the mistreatment of alliance parties, rather than voter deletions.
At a conference in Madurai on February 21, 2026, M.K. Stalin stated that while voters were removed in other states through the Special Intensive Revision, the DMK ensured no votes were deleted in Tamil Nadu.
