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VCK president Thol. Thirumavalavan connected Sunday said his enactment would instrumentality to its decision, taken 14 years ago, with respect to the PMK.
Responding to journalists connected whether the VCK would proceed successful the confederation if a PMK faction (led by its laminitis S. Ramadoss) were to articulation the DMK-led front, Mr. Thirumavalavan said, “We took a wide determination 14 years agone [not to align with the PMK], and we volition basal by it.”
On speculation surrounding Dr. Ramadoss joining the DMK-led alliance, helium said the substance was not for him to remark on. “That determination rests with him [PMK founder] and the DMK. We person been wide since 2011 that we volition not align with either the AIADMK oregon the BJP, arsenic they indulge successful caste- and religion-oriented politics,” helium said.
Earlier, speaking to reporters astatine the Tiruchi airdrome earlier attending a programme successful Chidambaram, Mr. Thirumavalavan sought clarity connected the BJP’s “double-engine” narrative, asking whether it meant “one motor successful Delhi and different successful Tamil Nadu”.
Alleging the Union authorities was aggressively pushing Hindi, helium said specified moves posed a superior menace to India’s linguistic diversity. “The Modi authorities functions with the thought of ‘one nation, 1 culture, 1 language, 1 religion’. This attack endangers pluralism. It is not conscionable us, but speakers of each Indian languages who indispensable unite to support their parent tongues,” helium said.
Referring to the NDA, helium said it was nary longer successful a presumption to relation successful Tamil Nadu nether the AIADMK’s leadership.
He expressed interest implicit the caller remarks by AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami connected the enactment of an “alliance government” nether the Prime Minister’s enactment successful the State.
“The communicative has shifted from the AIADMK forming a authorities to 1 nether the Prime Minister’s leadership, which shows the enactment has gone wholly nether the BJP’s control,” helium alleged.
Commenting connected actor-politician Vijay, Mr. Thirumavalavan said questions were being raised implicit wherefore helium had not powerfully criticised the BJP-led authorities oregon its policies erstwhile opportunities arose, adding helium mightiness contention the predetermination independently and effort to signifier a abstracted front.
