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After facing a barrage of disapproval from the DMK for its determination to power confederation and articulation the TVK-led conjugation authorities successful Tamil Nadu aft the Assembly election, Congress Ministers S. Rajeshkumar (Tourism) and P. Viswanathan (Higher Education) connected Tuesday deed backmost powerfully against the Dravidian party. Urging the DMK to bash its occupation arsenic the Opposition party, the Ministers successful a crisp associated statement, reiterated that the “claim that Congress won lone due to the fact that of the DMK is existent lone to the aforesaid grade that the DMK has won lone due to the fact that of Congress”.
The Ministers said “victory and defeat” was earthy successful electoral authorities and parties that suffer “should place the reasons for the defeat, close them, and enactment towards winning the adjacent election.”
The Ministers said TVK person and Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s determination to signifier the authorities without the enactment of the AIADMK and with the enactment of Congress, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India and Indian Union Muslim League demonstrates the party’s steadfast committedness to “principles of democracy, societal justice, secularism, and authorities rights”.
“Wherever Congress and the Communists are present, the BJP volition not beryllium contiguous either straight oregon indirectly. There volition beryllium nary spot for spiritual extremism. Secularism volition look nary threat. State rights volition beryllium protected. Chief Minister Mr. Joseph Vijay has understood this,” the connection said. “It is the work of the Congress Party to basal by TVK, which remains firmly committed to secular principles.”
They argued the DMK has ever depended connected the Congress’ enactment to travel to powerfulness successful the State, underlining the events from the past wherever the enactment had allied with Rajaji’s Swatantra Party aft his departure from Congress successful 1967, Indira Gandhi’s Congress successful 1971, the Tamil Maanila Congress founded by G.K. Moopanar aft leaving Congress successful 1996, oregon Congress itself successful 2006 and 2021.
“The DMK has ne'er won an predetermination without an alliance, yet it has ne'er erstwhile shared governing powerfulness with its confederation partners. In 2006, the DMK did not adjacent transverse the 100-seat mark. It formed the authorities lone due to the fact that of Congress support, yet it did not person the willingness to allocate furniture positions to Congress. It is astonishing that a enactment which wins and forms governments with the enactment of confederation partners but refuses to stock powerfulness with them present speaks astir federalism,” the connection said.
Recalling DMK president M.K. Stalin’s insistence that Tamil Nadu wouldn’t judge a conjugation government, the Ministers’ connection further said, “But now, TVK, which has won 108 seats, has fixed 2 Ministerial positions to the Congress Party, which has lone 5 MLAs. It has besides fixed 1 Ministerial berth each to the VCK and IUML, some of which person 2 MLAs each. Had the 2 Communist parties wished to articulation the cabinet, they excessively would person received 1 Ministerial presumption each. Sharing governmental powerfulness with parties that helped signifier the authorities is existent conjugation governance. Chief Minister Joseph Vijay has demonstrated this done action.”
Furthermore, it said, “DMK indispensable judge the people’s verdict and proceed its enactment arsenic a liable absorption party. Otherwise, it whitethorn not adjacent unafraid absorption presumption successful the future.”
