Tamil Nadu Assembly polls | MDMK promises 50% reservation for women in legislature
The Hindu
Total prohibition, allocation of 30% of State’s revenues to panchayats, 50% reservation for women in legislature, resolution against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the Assembly, are some of the promises in the manifesto of the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), released on Wednesday.
Other important promises in the manifesto include the closure of atomic power stations, strengthening of public sector undertakings and 90% employment for the son of the soil in public sector undertakings. The party, an ally of the DMK, also promised to mobilise support for trial in the International Court of Justice against those responsible for the killing of Tamils in Sri Lanka. It also pressed for lifting the ban on the LTTE.
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