AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi Palanichamy who arrived at Coimbatore airport from Salem met the media.
Then he said, “BJP state president Annamalai has made some criticisms about AIADMK. AIADMK has already announced the Vikravandi by-election boycott. We have given the reason for that. However, Annamalai has planned to criticize the AIADMK.
He said that if the ADMK contests in this election, it would have come 3rd or 4th. He was well educated and a great political sage. Such is his prediction.
AIADMK candidate in Villupuram got less than 6000 votes in the recent parliamentary elections. AIADMK is at the 2nd position. We have given various reasons for boycotting Vikravandi by-elections. Everyone knows how DMK fared in the Erode by-election. They locked people in bars like sheep and cattle and met the election by giving gifts and money.
Annamalai was in our alliance then. He knows this too well. However, it is reprehensible to say this about AIADMK’s position.
It is only after coming to Annamalai that the BJP is making a mystical appearance as if it has grown. That is not true. In this election, Annamalai contested in Coimbatore and got 1 lakh votes less than AIADMK. Then you can tell how it has developed.
BJP got 18.8% in the previous election, BJP alliance got 18.28% in this election. Its vote percentage is decreasing.
He only gives interviews every day. He is talking about other parties. Without bringing any central government scheme to Tamil Nadu, he is shooting at the mouth.
He got votes by lying about 500 voters in 100 days. He did not get votes by telling the truth. Now there is only BJP rule at the center. People expect him to fulfill his promises.
The BJP state president slammed Annamalai saying that it is because of such a leader that the BJP, which won more than 300 seats, is now in power in a sliding coalition.
Responding to questions from reporters, he said that it was his wish that various party leaders would ask for AIADMK votes in the Vikravandi by-election.
Asked if those who defected from AIADMK will be re-integrated, he said it is not a corporate company to re-integrate defectors. AIADMK has rules as follows. They were excluded only by a unanimous decision of the General Assembly, as the majority of volunteers thought. He firmly stated that there is no intention to include them in the party again. Also, Sasikala is not a member of AIADMK. He also questioned how he could unite the party.
Sasikala, who said that she will quit politics in 2021 and carry forward the actions of mother Jayalalithaa, cannot accept being told to join the party now.
Like Janaki’s statement when AIADMK split, Sasikala should say that she will act in agreement with the party leadership, he said.
DMK answered the question about the Annamalai secret relationship, only they know it. There may be an alliance between them. Former finance minister PDR released an audio saying that DMK government earned 30 thousand crores in many fields after taking over. All these facts will be known to the people after AIADMK rule.
The person who spoke about RS Bharati, he spoke by defaming the wealth of education. It is reprehensible. Lately he has been talking like this due to his old age. He said this is strongly condemnable.
DMK government is systematically covering up the issue of adultery. Following Kallakurichi, cases of smuggling, intoxication and methanol hoarding are also being registered in Anaimalai, Villupuram, Cuddalore and Tiruthani. People’s representatives of AIADMK are not allowed to inquire about this. He said that law and order is broken in Tamil Nadu.
‘The media should expose not only the resignation of the Mayor of Coimbatore and Nellie, but also the corruption committed by DMK local government officials throughout Tamil Nadu. “DMK corruption is being understood in all sectors,” he said.
B. Rahman.
Coimbatore District.
