Actor Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam passed resolutions on Sunday slamming the ruling parties in the Centre and State. The party opposed ‘One nation, One election’ and NEET in the first executive meeting held after its first state conference in Vikravandi recently.
Actor and TVK chief Vijay headed the executive committee meeting of TVK held on Sunday at Chennai and the party reportedly discussed measures to strengthen the party’s organisational structure. The party’s district functionaries attended the meeting and they passed 26 resolutions.
The party slammed the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led state government for the poor law and order situation in Tamil Nadu. It also urged the state government to conduct a caste survey and demanded it to scrap the Parandur airport project. The party also urged the state government to ensure the closure of liquor shops in the state in a time-bound manner.
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The party opposed the BJP and Centre and demanded the withdrawal of Waqf Amendment Bill 2024. The party termed the Bill, which is under the review of a Joint Parliamentary Committee, an "attack against federalism". The newly launched party also opposed 'One nation, one election' proposal and said the attempt to implement it went against democracy, PTI reported.
TVK also demanded the scrapping of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test and wants education to be shifted to the state list from the concurrent list of the Constitution. The party said its 'ideology is secularism and social justice,' which is a commitment to harmony and unity of all the people in Tamil Nadu.
