Bypolls are being conducted in T.N. because democracy has died, says Stalin

DMK leader and former Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said on Saturday that Tamil Nadu is witnessing byelections to two Assembly constituencies because of the “death of democracy”.

“Normally, byelections are necessitated by the death of elected members. Now, democracy has died and caused the byelection,” he said while addressing the party’s Mupperum Vizha.

Mr. Stalin said the byelections to the Maduranthagam and Dharapuram constituencies had been imposed on voters even before the indelible ink on their fingers had disappeared. “How much arrogance should the ruling party have to force two elected members to resign and field them in the same constituencies? Is it a change? It is a shameless change. Our partymen, during their door-to-door campaign, should explain this to the people, along with the failures of the government,” he said.