The BJP has pitched for a joint struggle with the AIADMK in opposition to the “evil force” DMK within the Erode (East) bypoll in Tamil Nadu, the place the 2 factions of the latter—one led by Edappadi Okay Palaniswami and different by O Panneerselvam—have fielded separate candidates.
After assembly Palaniswami and Panneerselvam at their houses on Friday morning, together with BJP state chief Annamalai, celebration normal secretary C T Ravi instructed reporters {that a} “united NDA and a united AIADMK” had been required to struggle the M Okay Stalin authorities, which he accused of being anti-Tamil.
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“There is a huge anti-incumbency against the DMK government. The DMK is working for one family and is against the Tamils. The increase in electricity charges, tax, prices of essential items, continuous attacks on Tamil culture by DMK MPs, senior leaders and katta panchayat (kangaroo courts) and violence against women are clearly showing the DMK is against Tamils,” he stated.
“We all know what happens in a bypoll especially when the DMK is known for its use of money power and misuse of government machinery. We have already seen that in Erode. That is why a united NDA and a united AIADMK are much needed to defeat the ‘theeya sakthi’ DMK in this bypoll,” he added.
Ravi stated that when former chief minister M G Ramachandran based the AIADMK, he had known as the DMK a “theeya sakthi” (evil drive). “That has not changed in 2023. Even Amma (J Jayalalithaa) used to call the DMK an evil force. This bypoll is happening at a time when the M K Stalin government is becoming unpopular day by day,” he added.
Requested in regards to the BJP’s stand within the bypoll, Ravi stated his celebration had time until February 7 (for submitting nominations) and hoped {that a} united AIADMK would contest the ballot.
He stated he had urged each Palaniswami and Panneerselvam to work collectively within the state’s curiosity and defeat the DMK-led alliance within the bypoll.
A row erupted on Thursday after a banner at an AIADMK election assembly in Erode district was noticed with out the photographs of BJP leaders and carried “the AIADMK-led National Democratic Progressive Alliance (NDPA)”, as an alternative of the NDA. The banner was eliminated later.
Although AIADMK leaders performed down the “typographical error” on the banner, it was seen as an try to ship a message to the BJP. The incident came about on the identical time when AIADMK chief D Jayakumar stated that even when the BJP fielded a bypoll candidate, his celebration wouldn’t withdraw its nominee.
The Erode East bypoll was necessitated by the dying of Congress MLA Thirumahan Everaa, son of former Union minister E V Okay S Elangovan.
After the delimitation in 2008, the constituency has confronted three Meeting polls. It was gained by actor Vijayakanth’s Desiya Murpoku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) in 2011, the AlADMK in 2016 and the Congress in 2016.
The DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance has fielded Elangovan, the Congress heavyweight. Quickly after Palaniswami nominated former MLA Okay S Thennarasu because the AIADMK candidate, Panneerselvam nominated lesser recognized B Senthil Murugan as his faction’s candidate. The insurgent chief, nevertheless, stated he would withdraw the candidate if the BJP contested the bypoll.
The nomination by the rebels has triggered fears within the Palaniswami camp of a risk that the AIADMK’s two-leaves image would find yourself being frozen.
Kamal Haasan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam has prolonged help to the Congress candidate. G Okay Vaasan’s Tamil Maanila Congress, which contested the seat in 2021, sacrificed it for its ally, the AIADMK. The Pattali Makkal Katchi introduced that it will not subject a candidate for the bypoll.
Seeman’s Naam Tamizhar Katchi, DMDK and T T V Dhinakaran’s Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam have additionally put up candidates for the February 27 bypoll. The votes will probably be counted on March 2.
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