Chennai, Feb 2: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and ruling DMK President M K Stalin today reached out to top national party leaders, including AICC President Sonia Gandhi, present and former CMs of various states, appealing to them to join the All India Federation for Social Justice announced by him on the Republic Day.
In a letter to the leaders, he said he announced the historic launch of All India Federation for Social Justice in order to bring to a common platform all leaders, members of civil society and like-minded individuals and organisations to strive towards achieving the principles of federalism and social justice at national level. Social Justice as an ideology is simple – ‘everything for everyone’. It is the belief that everyone deserves equal economic, political and social rights and opportunities.
“Only by ensuring this equality of opportunity can we build the egalitarian society visualised by the framers of our Constitution”, he said. In each State, the oppressed classes are yearning to have the doors of opportunity opened to them, he said, adding, “the Federation will be a platform for us to create a road map to take forward the battle for social justice in India and identify the areas in which we can do more, and bring about a common minimum programme to be uniformly adopted by all States.” Mr Stalin earnestly appealed to the leaders to nominate appropriate individual(s) from their party as representative(s) to this All India Federation for Social Justice.
“Only together can we bring real and meaningful social justice to the oppressed. At this crucial juncture when repressive forces are challenging the progress made in social justice front over decades, it is vital that all the progressive forces join hands to protect the interests of the oppressed”, he said and added that he was looking forward to welcoming them as a partner in this initiative.
Apart from Ms Sonia Gandhi, the letter was addressed to RJD leader and former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav, National Conference leader and former J & K CM Farooq Abdullah, NCP leader Sharad Pawar, CPI leader D Raja, CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury, former Prime Minister and JD-S leader H D DEvegowada, TDP leader and former Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu, BJD leader and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, TMC leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee, J and K PDP leader Ms Mehbooba Mufti, Shiva Sena Chief and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Aam Aadmi Party Chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, TRS leader & Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekara Rao, YSR Congress leader and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, JMM Chief and Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, AINRC Founder and Puducherry Chief Minister N Rengasamy, JDU leader Lalan singh, Samajwadi party leader Akhilesh Yadav, Bahujan Samajwadi Party leader and former UP CM MS Mayawati, Jan Sena leader Pawan Kalyan, AIFB leader Velappan Nair, AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi, IUML Leader K M Khader Moideen, Janata Congress leader Ms Renu Jogi, Punjab Lok Congress founder and former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh, SAD leader Sukhbir Singh Badal, Lok Jansakthi leader Chirag Paswan, Maharashtra Nava Nirman Sena leader Raj Thackeray, All India Lok Dal leader Om Prakash Chauthala, Kerala Congress-M leader K M Mani, AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam, MDMK Founder Vaiko, PMK Founder Dr S Ramadoss, VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan and leaders of MMK and Kongu Party.
