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State autonomy will be reality : Karunanidhi
Chennai, Feb 17: Asserting
that the DMK's demand for state autonomy was not
secessionist, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M
Karunanidhi today said the party's "dream" of
autonomy would become a reality one day. "To
preserve the country's hard earned freedom and
since the Centre will be stronger only if the
states are stronger, DMK has been raising the
issue (state autonomy)...The dream of state
autonomy will become a reality one day,"
Karunanidhi wrote in party mouth piece 'Murasoli'.
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The DMK patriarch said the state autonomy
will only strengthen the national integration. Likening
the country to a necklace, he said, "A gold necklace can
be stronger only if the link that joins every piece is
stronger. We have named that link as state autonomy."
There was nothing wrong in demanding state autonomy, he
said, adding that it was not aimed at dividing the
country
