Votes secured by Congress in Tamil Nadu are ‘DMK’ votes: Tamilisai Soundararajan

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‘Would not retain deposits’

Tamilisai, who unsuccessfully fought from south Chennai Lok Sabha constituency said, “You (Congress) could have fought on your own! Had Selvaperunthagai, a reference to the Congress party, fought on his own in Tamil Nadu, the party would not have been able to retain deposit in any of the constituencies in the state.”

Selvaperunthagai has no moral right to criticise the BJP since the Congress rides piggyback on DMK and it is only due to the support of DMK and other parties in that alliance, the Congress has won in the state. Unlike Congress, the BJP remains strong in Tamil Nadu and the party has the courage to even go it alone in polls.

When Selvaperunthagai recently spoke of the aspiration to usher in Kamarajar’s rule (Congress rule), senior leader EVKS Elangovan retorted that the DMK’s rule was Kamaraj’s rule and hence, the Congress party could only go on like this in Tamil Nadu without making any progress, she said.

The BJP contested LS polls with the support of smaller outfits including the PMK and drew a blank, though it registered an impressive, 11.24 per cent vote share. The Congress, a DMK ally, won nine seats in Tamil Nadu and also emerged victorious in the lone Lok Sabha constituency in neighbouring Puducherry.

The ruling DMK and main opposition AIADMK, are the two major political parties of Tamil Nadu, which have ruled the state since 1967.

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