#News18NetworkTownHall Chennai Edition While the BJP attempts to destabilise elected governments, our #DravidianModel has delivered...
Speaking at a News18 Network Town Hall in Chennai, M.K. Stalin said the BJP attempts to destabilise elected state governments, while Tamil Nadu's 'Dravidian Model' governance has delivered inclusive growth. He framed the 2026 Tamil Nadu election as a contest between a state upholding social justice, autonomy and secularism, and the NDA.
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#News18NetworkTownHall Chennai Edition
While the BJP attempts to destabilise elected governments, our #DravidianModel has delivered inclusive growth and record progress in Tamil Nadu.
The 2026 election in Tamil Nadu will be a straight fight between a State that stands for social justice, state autonomy, secularism and democratic values, and the NDA, which thrives on intimidation, coercing defections through raids, and the misuse of institutions.
Tamil Nadu has defeated such forces before, and it will do so again.
At a News18 Network Town Hall held in Chennai, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of attempting to destabilise democratically elected state governments, while asserting that Tamil Nadu's 'Dravidian Model' of governance has delivered inclusive growth and record progress. Stalin framed the upcoming 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly election as a direct contest between a state that upholds social justice, state autonomy, secularism and democratic values, and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which he accused of relying on intimidation, engineering defections through raids, and misusing central institutions. He asserted that Tamil Nadu has resisted such tactics in the past and would do so again, positioning the election as a referendum on the state's political and developmental model versus central overreach.