Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on December 15 said the outcome of the Assembly elections in three Hindi-speaking States had offered a lesson to the Opposition-led Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), but would not have a bearing on next year’s Lok Sabha election.
In an interview with The Hindu, he also elaborately discussed his government’s handling of the recent cyclone Michaung and flooding in and around Chennai. He however side-stepped a question on the Sanatana Dharma controversy.
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