OPP CLUELESS IN TN: DMK SAYS NO TO POWER SHARING
Monday, 24 August 2015 | Kumar Chellappan | CHENNAI
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The Opposition parties in Tamil Nadu find themselves clueless and issueless according to seasoned political analysts in the State. Major parties like the DMK, the Congress and the Communists are groping in the dark in search of an issue to attack the ruling AIADMK in the Assembly election which is hardly eight months away.“The agitation demanding total prohibition in Tamil Nadu launched by some of the parties, including the DMK fizzled out in no time. Though they tried all tricks in the game, including fielding of students to ransack liquor shops, the agitation died a natural death,” said N Kalyanasundaram, an authority on Tamil Nadu politics.
Karunanidhi’s declaration that the Dravidians led by him were descendants of Ravana, the demon king mentioned in Ramayana, was fallout of the failure of the agitation for prohibition, pointed out Kalyanasundaram. “Having failed in raking up any issues, Karunanidhi is resorting to gimmicks like Dravidian-Aryan divide and the demand for a separate Dravidian nation,” he said.
Elangovan’s position got weakened further by allegations of harassment by one of the lady staff members of the TNCC who charged that the TNCC chief harassed her for not obeying his diktats in financial matters. Valamathy, the woman staffer, has written to the National Commission of Women complaining that Elangovan harassed her because she refused to fall in line and obey his wishes.
“Both Karunanidhi and Elangovan failed to notice the fact that Tamil Nadu, a fiefdom of rationalists and atheists has undergone a change and the State is full of believers. If in the 1960s, Dravidia activists had attacked Hindu temples, Brahmins and shunned Hindu Gods, what we see now is millions of Tamil devotees of Lord Ayyappa making it to Sabarimala every year. There has been an unprecedented increase in the number of temples. It is all because of Jayalalithaa who does not hide her belief in God,” said S Kalyanaraman, director, Saraswathi Research Centre and former banker with Asian Development Bank.
Though five of the Opposition parties have come together and launched an alliance by name Joint Movement for People’s Welfare, it’s constituents do not trust each other. While, the CPI(M) has made it clear that it would not have any kind of truck with DMK, AIADMK, BJP and the Congress, leaders of other parties are not ready or willing to make such comments. “We all will stand together and form the next Government,” said Vaiko, leader of the MDMK. But Thol Thirumavalavan, leader of the VSK is of the view that the “minimum demand” is that his party should get a share of the power.
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