DMK releases 16-candidate list for Lok Sabha polls, vows not to implement CAA, UCC and NEP in manifesto
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam head M K Stalin on Wednesday released a list of 16 candidates who will contest the Lok Sabha elections under the party banner.
Featured on the list are party heavyweights K Kanimozhi, A Raja, T R Baalu and Dayanidhi Maran, among others.
Stalin also launched the party's manifesto for the polls, which included promises to not implement the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the National Educational Policy (NEP) and the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state.
The manifesto also made myriad other promises, including the appointment of 'good Governors,' granting statehood to Puducherry and a ban on the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET).
Stalin's party has long been opposed to these policies brought out by the Central government, with the southern state refusing to use the NEET as a metric to grant admission, even passing a bill to the same effect in 2021. That Bill did not get state Governor R N Ravi's assent.
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