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Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) president and Rajya Sabha MP Anbumani Ramadoss connected Tuesday (May 19, 2026) said helium welcomed the “change” successful the State, which has led to galore youngsters, who were antecedently uninterested successful politics, becoming invested successful assorted governmental issues, and highlighted his party’s relation successful mobilising radical against the erstwhile DMK government.
Speaking astatine a reappraisal gathering of PMK office-bearers, Dr. Anbumani said, “These youngsters didn’t cognize politics... didn’t cognize astir elections, didn’t cognize astir the State Assembly proceedings. They were watching Bigg Boss. Today, these youngsters ticker Assembly proceedings live. We person to respect that. These aforesaid youngsters volition enactment america soon. Only we tin bash that.” He added: “I person urged him [Mr. Vijay] to behaviour a caste-wise census/survey.”
Dr. Anbumani further underlined that the predetermination results did not bespeak a ‘Vijay tsunami’ oregon a ‘wave’ and that the PMK has withstood and held its ain against overmuch bigger waves successful the past. “We formed an confederation that you (cadre) each wanted. We person achieved 1 of our stated goals to region the DMK but we (our alliance) couldn’t travel to power. The crushed being Mr. Vijay. He has created an impact, and voters person voted for change. At the aforesaid time, it is not a tsunami oregon a wave. If that’s true, past the TVK should person got 160-170 MLAs. They didn’t adjacent get a elemental majority. In 8 districts, the TVK couldn’t adjacent triumph successful a azygous constituency,” helium said.
Dr. Anbumani said that a party’s occurrence couldn’t beryllium measured conscionable based connected its show successful elections but based connected what it does for people’s welfare. “In the 1991 elections, determination was a Rajiv Gandhi question (after his assassination), and we inactive won 1 constituency, and truthful did the DMK. In 1996, erstwhile determination was a existent question against Jayalalithaa, we won 4 constituencies portion the AIADMK won conscionable 2 seats. We person seen galore elections, and it is conscionable a process.”
He besides slammed the bulk of the media for failing to bespeak the choler of the radical against the DMK government. “I americium not blaming everyone. A bulk of the media, particularly those who talk connected television, kept singing praises astir the DMK government,” helium said. He further criticised DMK president M.K. Stalin for surrounding himself with “incompetent ministers” arsenic his advisors.
PMK level person and Dharmapuri MLA Sowmiya Anbumani said, “After the elections, the media has yet started speaking astir the PMK’s beardown show and its relation successful supporting and helping a bigger enactment to prolong successful the region. We are treated with large respect successful the Assembly. We person to enlist the enactment of much women into our fold. We should besides talk astir our achievements. Our aboriginal is bright.”
