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DMK To Host National Conference On Social Justice Today; Farooq Abdullah, Hemant Soren, Derek O'Brien Expected To Attend
Swarajya Staff
Apr 03, 2023, 11:25 AM | Updated 11:24 AM IST
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Opposition leaders, led by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief MK Stalin, are scheduled to take part in a national conference on social justice today (3 April). The conference would be held in a hybrid mode.
The All India Federation for Social Justice, an organisation started by Stalin, will hold its first national conference on the theme—'Taking Forward the Struggle for Social Justice and Joint National Programme for Social Justice Movement'.
The conference will be addressed by several Opposition leaders.
Seen as a display of Opposition unity ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the conference is expected to be attended by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, his Jharkhand counterpart Hemant Soren and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav.
Other invitees include Derek O'Brien (Trinamool Congress), Sanjay Singh (Aam Aadmi Party), CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, CPI general secretary D Raja, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah, Chhagan Bhujbal (Nationalist Congress Party), ET Muhammad Basheer (Indian Union Muslim League), K Keshava Rao (Bharat Rashtra Samithi) and Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) leader Vaiko.
This is the second attempt of the DMK to unite the Opposition, rallying around Stalin, in recent times. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Tejashwi Yadav and Farooq Abdullah were among those who were part of the DMK chief's 70th birthday celebrations on 1 March.
While Stalin is slated to address the conference virtually from Chennai for 20-25 minutes, others will get around seven minutes each to speak, sources said.
(With inputs from PTI)
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