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Durai Vaiko, the Principal Secretary and Member of Parliament of the MDMK, said that the DMK exerted unit to forestall his enactment from contesting nether its ain awesome successful adjacent a azygous constituency during the Assembly elections. This has caused terrible distress astatine each levels of the party, helium claimed. The determination regarding continuing successful the confederation volition beryllium determined during the party’s General Council gathering scheduled for June 27, helium added.
Speaking to The Hindu connected Tuesday, helium explained that astatine the clip of the Assembly elections, they chose to stay successful the confederation due to the fact that they believed that lone the DMK-led conjugation possessed the spot to reason communal forces. “We believed that communal forces should not participate Tamil Nadu and that authorities based connected societal justness and Dravidian ideology indispensable continue. At that juncture, erstwhile we assessed who had the capableness to reason those communal forces, it was the DMK. Furthermore, regarding Vijay, nary 1 had predicted that helium would triumph 108 seats and seizure power. It was nether those circumstances that we decided to proceed successful the DMK-led alliance,” Durai Vaiko said.
However, helium pointed retired that the events that transpired during the predetermination play caused terrible heartache to him and his enactment cadre. “They coerced america into contesting nether the DMK awesome successful each 4 seats allotted to us. If a enactment does not contention an predetermination for 5 years, its registration volition beryllium revoked. Against this backdrop, we insisted connected contesting nether our ain awesome and explained the concern to the DMK leadership. Consequently, the DMK president permitted america to contention nether our ain awesome successful 1 spot (Sirkazhi). But aft signing the agreement, terrible unit was exerted connected america to contention nether the DMK awesome successful that azygous constituency of Sirkazhi arsenic well. Left with nary choice, we had to judge it. I presumption this arsenic anti-democratic. It indispensable beryllium said that this is an unfortunate occurrence wrong an confederation that talks astir societal justness and equality,” Durai Vaiko remarked.
He further noted that erstwhile the confederation was finalised and predetermination enactment had commenced, determination was nary accidental near to marque alternate decisions. He besides emphasised that triumph does not solely beryllium connected having a salient symbol. “In this election, the ‘Two Leaves’ (AIADMK) and ‘Rising Sun’ (DMK) symbols mislaid successful galore places. Conversely, the IUML’s ‘Ladder’ awesome emerged victorious successful a fewer seats. During the Parliamentary elections, we were capable to instrumentality the ‘Matchbox’ awesome to the nationalist wrong conscionable 14 days, and I won by a borderline of astir 3,25,000 votes. In this epoch of societal media, it is casual to popularise symbols among the people,” helium said.
He recalled that akin unit was exerted during the Parliamentary elections arsenic well. “At that time, they insisted that I contention nether the DMK symbol. I refused. How tin the Principal Secretary of a enactment resign from the MDMK, go a subordinate of the DMK, and past contest? They pressured maine till the precise end. It was successful that situation, portion speaking astatine a meeting, that I declared I would alternatively dice than contention connected immoderate awesome different than our own,” helium recalled.
Attributing the DMK alliance’s decision to the younger generation’s tendency for change, Mr. Durai Vaiko pointed retired that galore of the newly-elected MLAs person nary important fiscal backing, governmental lineage, oregon caste-based dominance.
With a immense assemblage of youngsters rallying down actor-politician Vijay, Durai Vaiko mentioned that helium views Vijay’s governmental introduction arsenic an accidental to instrumentality Dravidian principles and the ideologies of Periyar and Anna to the younger generation. “He speaks astir Periyar and Anna. When helium discusses however Tamil Nadu benefited due to the fact that of them, it reaches the youth. That is simply a bully thing, isn’t it?” Durai Vaiko remarked.
So, is the MDMK moving towards the TVK (Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam)? While helium clarified that nary determination regarding the confederation has been taken arsenic of now, the contented volition beryllium debated successful the upcoming General Council meeting. “Though we proceed successful the DMK confederation arsenic of today, this volition surely beryllium 1 of the cardinal matters discussed successful the General Council gathering connected June 27,” helium concluded.
