Tamil Nadu chief minister and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief C Joseph Vijay on Wednesday used the stage of a rally at the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) stronghold SC-reserved Dharapuram constituency to reiterate his allegations that the party planned to enter a coalition with the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), whom he again described as “an evil force”.
Don’t you think it will be painful for the true followers of MGR today? Earlier reporting noted: DHARAPURAM: In a clear shift in his campaign pitch, chief minister C Joseph Vijay sharpened his attack on AIADMK , in Dharapuram on Wednesday, while continuing to target DMK. Addressing a campaign rally for his party’s nominee P Sathyabama, Vijay alleged that the AIADMK betrayed its supremo MG Ramachandran and former CM J Jayalalithaa. “Whom was MGR going against when he formed his party (ADMK, which later became AIADMK)? And against whom did Jayalalithaa take a political stand? “ The AIADMK was planning to form a government by aligning with such an evil force. Isn’t that insulting to MGR and Jayalalithaa? How could people accept such a conspiracy?”, he added. In a direct appeal to AIADMK supporters, Vijay sought to equate the two parties. “A vote for AIADMK is no different than a vote for DMK. “Vijay is the only person who is courageously taking on DMK, just like MGR and madam Jayalalithaa.
Because of this betrayal that Sathyabama quit AIADMK and joined TVK, he said, it was.
It is this evil force DMK,” he said. Earlier reporting noted: Campaigning for TVK candidate P Sathyabama, Vijay accused AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami of betraying party icons M G Ramachandran and J Jayalalithaa by “collaborating” with DMK. Both parties are the same,” he said. MGR’s followers and people are aware of this,” he said.
Earlier reporting noted: Simultaneously, Vijay sought to position himself as the inheritor of the political legacy of MGR and Jayalalithaa.
“She did not switch parties while remaining an MLA. She properly resigned and joined us. Sathyabama broke down while addressing the gathering. Reacting to Vijay’s comments, DMK spokesperson TKS Elangovan alleged that the only concrete work the chief minister was engaged in was attacking the DMK on instructions of the BJP-led Centre.
Immediately, they (the opposition) started calling her names,” he said. “What was my mistake; I am being targeted, allegations in bad taste are being levelled against me and obscene words are used,” she said. He is the biggest and the best slave the BJP has in Tamil Nadu,” Elangovan told news agency ANI.
He also defended Sathyabama’s inclusion into TVK despite winning the seat earlier as an AIADMK MLA.
