{"id":11336,"date":"2026-04-12T20:35:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T20:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=11336"},"modified":"2026-04-12T20:35:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T20:35:23","slug":"130216173-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=11336","title":{"rendered":"Stalin attacks Centre over \u2018women\u2019s quota\u2019 pitch; ramps up poll promises in Tamil Nadu | India News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130216499,imgsize-890465,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/mk-stalin.jpg\" alt=\"Stalin attacks Centre over \u2018women\u2019s quota\u2019 pitch; ramps up poll promises in Tamil Nadu\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Chief Minister <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/m-k-stalin\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">M K Stalin<\/a> on Sunday accused the BJP-led Union government of attempting to reduce Tamil Nadu\u2019s political representation under the pretext of the proposed women\u2019s reservation, as he addressed an election rally in Paramakudi and stepped up campaign promises ahead of the polls.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Alleging a \u201cbetrayal\u201d of southern states, Stalin said the Centre was seeking to penalise regions like Tamil Nadu that had successfully implemented population control measures and contributed significantly to national growth. He asserted that democratic forces across the country would oppose the move.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>\u201cDoes AIADMK chief Palaniswami have the courage to oppose and question this injustice?\u201d Stalin said, targeting the opposition and questioning its stance on the issue.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>The Chief Minister also outlined a series of welfare measures, promising that the number of buses under the fare-free travel scheme for women would be increased if the DMK returns to power with what he described as a \u201cDravidian model 2.0\u201d government.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Highlighting the impact of existing schemes, Stalin said that under the free bus travel initiative, women had undertaken more than 935 crore trips over 1,800 days. He described the DMK\u2019s manifesto as the \u201celection superstar\u201d and reiterated the promise of an Rs 8,000 coupon for purchasing home appliances.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>On fishermen\u2019s welfare, he said seaweed cultivation would be encouraged and added that the Union government would be urged to take back Katchatheevu, without directly naming Sri Lanka.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>Earlier in the day, Stalin conducted a morning walk in Paramakudi, interacting with residents and seeking their support as campaigning gathers pace in the state.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/stalin-attacks-centre-over-womens-quota-pitch-ramps-up-poll-promises-in-tamil-nadu\/articleshow\/130216173.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday accused the BJP-led Union government of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[27719,724,27721,723,719,720,721,20993,27720,722,22331],"class_list":["post-11336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bjp-led-union-government","tag-breaking-news","tag-dmk-manifesto","tag-google-news","tag-india","tag-india-news","tag-india-news-today","tag-m-k-stalin","tag-tamil-nadu-political-representation","tag-today-news","tag-womens-reservation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}