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A time aft Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) laminitis and Rajya Sabha MP Kamal Haasan announced that his enactment would not contention the upcoming Assembly election, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) laminitis and Chidambaram MP Thol. Thirumavalavan, connected Wednesday, appealed to Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to realise the alliance's slogan “We volition Win Together” by ensuring that MNM tin combat the predetermination nether its ain “Battery Torch” symbol.
In a statement, Mr. Thirumavalavan said that MNM not taking an progressive relation successful the predetermination and supporting the confederation from extracurricular volition impact the “goodwill” of the alliance. “In the existent seat-sharing negotiations, the trouble successful allocating seats to Makkal Needhi Maiam has pushed that enactment to a presumption wherever it has decided not to contention this election. At the aforesaid time, it has announced that it volition enactment for the triumph of the secular alliance. While we instrumentality pridefulness successful this arsenic a civilised attack by that enactment and its leader, determination is besides interest that it whitethorn impact the goodwill of our alliance,” helium said.
Mr. Thirumavalavan added that parties successful confederation should not beryllium compelled to “contest nether the symbol” of different enactment erstwhile they privation to contention successful their ain symbol. “This would hinder their autarkic governmental functioning. The confederation enactment refraining from interfering successful specified state of allied parties would beryllium a people of respect for democracy. In this captious situation, successful this righteous conflict to decision communal, divisive, and right-wing forces, Makkal Needhi Maiam excessively indispensable articulation hands with america and contention the predetermination arsenic a subordinate similar us. That is, Mr. Kamal Haasan excessively must, nether your leadership, wield the ideological sword to decision ideological adversaries,” helium said.
Mr. Thirumavalavan said that the spot of a enactment “does not solely correlate to its ballot bank” but besides connected factors specified arsenic “ideological strength, nationalist goodwill toward the party, and goodwill toward its leadership” besides adhd to a party’s strength. “Let it beryllium considered his magnanimity that Makkal Needhi Maiam has decided not to contention this election. However, it would beryllium a people of your greatness to clasp Mr. Kamal Haasan — who possesses ideological spot successful firmly opposing communalism, a confirmed ballot slope spot of astir 4 percent, and large power and goodwill wrong Tamil nine — and not fto him stay outside,” helium said.
