Dharapuram , TVK president and Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay embarked on a roadshow in the Dharapuram assembly constituency on Sunday in support of his party candidate P Sathyabama ahead of the October 6 bypolls, and slammed the DMK for making remarks against women.
The TVK founder said that attacking women has crossed the line and that he won’t remain silent. Look at what happened the day before yesterday”. He was received by his senior cabinet ministers, including TVK general secretary and Minister for Rural Development and Water Resources N Anand, Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management K A Sengottaiyan at Dharapuram. I didn’t say that just to score political points. He was referring to certain alleged controversial remarks by DMK president M K Stalin against TVK’s Dharapuram bypoll candidate P Satyabama. “Speak whatever you want about me. I will take it. But if you dare speak against our sister, or against the mothers, sisters, and daughters of our households, I will not stay quiet. The then AIADMK MLAs from Madurantakam and Dharapuram K Maragatham Kumaravel and Satyabama, had resigned as legislators and joined TVK. Their resignation necessitated the bypolls and Vijay has nominated both from the respective seats.
Pointing to recent political speeches targeting women leaders, he said, “I told you earlier if you vote for the DMK and certain others, it amounts to endorsing those who speak obscenely about women and humiliate them in public spaces. Vijay and his party leaders have described Stalin’s criticism as amounting to “body-shaming” the woman candidate. This marks a return to the era of MGR,” he said referring to late CM and AIADMK founder M G Ramachandran.
