00:02A constitutional conference of all state chief ministers to deliberate on the delimitation framework before any legislation is enacted. India
00:12deserves the consultation.
00:13And our chief minister, our party president, sir yesterday has promised the people of Tamil Nadu that not one seat
00:25will be lost on his watch.
00:27And yesterday when the DMK floor leader mentioned in parliament that our leader M.K. Stalin hoisted a black flag,
00:39you dismissed it by saying that black flag or blue flag does not matter.
00:48You brushed it aside. Yes, sir, you brushed it aside by saying a black flag or a blue flag does
00:54not matter. A black flag is a sign of protest.
00:59A sign to say we will stand up and fight and we shall not give up.
01:09And I'd like to remind you that a blue flag, sir, is the color Dr. Baba Sahib Ambedkar chose for
01:20his party flag.
01:23It is the same blue color which you dismissed that the man who taught us that we should educate, agitate
01:33and organize.
01:36The man who wrote the constitution chose for his flag.
01:41This very constitution you are trying to dilute and we here are trying to protect.
01:50And sir, and the prime minister yesterday when he saw us in black, he said that he was reminded of
01:58a black dot or tikka, tikka, tikka or tikka, whatever, tikka.
02:06Yeah, it is there to drive away evil forces, evil eye or evil forces or whatever.
02:14Sir, I am surprised that people here who are there to protect Hindutva were not reminded of Kali, the goddess,
02:26the dark goddess who wears black.
02:28The feminine power, the feminine power, the woman, the goddess, who is supposed to drive away ego, arrogance and ignorance.
02:40And the same black color we have chosen to protest is the color of Periyar.
02:49Our intellectual leader, he taught us self-respect, he taught us never to bow, he taught us fight till the
02:59end and we will fight till the end.
03:02Sir, we oppose these bills in the name of our leaders, Aringar, Anna, Kalengar, Karunanidhi, who said states are not
03:10a unit of the unitary state but equal partners of a federation.
03:14In the name of our chief minister, M.K. Mutuvel Karunanidhi, Stalin, who even in an article today has said
03:23that this bill should be withdrawn, a fresh bill should be introduced and placed in public domain at least for
03:30three months for wider consultation.
03:32He said, the moment calls for reflection, non-expedency, deliberation, not haste.
03:38If the constitution is to endure as a charter of trust, its amendment must be guided by principle anchored by
03:45fairness, restraint and fidelity to the republic's enduring integrity.
03:50Tamil Nadu poradum, Tamil Nadu well on Nandri vanakam.
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