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NEW DELHI: Veteran Congress person Mani Shankar Aiyar connected Friday questioned the expansive aged party's determination to enactment actor-politician Vijay and his Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam successful Tamil Nadu, calling the determination “dreadful”, ethically questionable and politically reckless.
Speaking to PTIl, Aiyar accused the Congress of abandoning its long-time state Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam instantly aft contesting elections together. He argued that the Congress owed its 5 Assembly victories wholly to the DMK-led confederation and not to its ain organisational strength.“This is an unforgivable usurpation of Mahatma Gandhi's 1925 maxim, 'Swaraj should beryllium a authorities based connected morality',” Aiyar said, questioning whether the Congress had chosen “Chanakya” implicit Gandhi successful its politics.The Congress connected Wednesday severed ties with the DMK and announced enactment for Vijay’s TVK successful a bid to assistance signifier a authorities successful Tamil Nadu. The determination marked 1 of the biggest governmental shifts successful the authorities successful caller years aft TVK stunned some the DMK and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam by winning 108 seats successful the 234-member Assembly.With enactment from the Congress’ 5 MLAs, the TVK confederation present stands astatine 112 seats, inactive abbreviated of the bulk people of 118.
The CPI and CPI(M), which clasp 2 seats each, are discussing whether to widen enactment to Vijay, a determination that could propulsion the confederation adjacent to power.Aiyar, however, warned that the Congress was sacrificing some morality and semipermanent governmental contented for contiguous gains. “Is this ethical oregon is it adjacent politically wise,” helium asked, saying the enactment had shown itself to beryllium “driven little by bully behaviour, self-restraint and self-sacrifice, arsenic taught by the Mahatma, and much successful favour of contiguous reward”.He besides questioned wherefore the Congress would wantonness a spouse that had consistently stood by it done governmental setbacks. Referring to the DMK’s enactment for Rahul Gandhi, Aiyar wrote successful a sharply-worded nonfiction successful Hindu Tami, “How tin the Congress warrant letting down a spouse who, unsocial successful the INDIA bloc, proclaimed ‘brother’ Rahul Gandhi arsenic Prime Minister?”Aiyar argued that the Congress’ determination could inadvertently assistance the BJP summation a foothold successful Tamil Nadu politics.
“And if this facilitates the backdoor introduction of a communal BJP into the aureate ‘chen Tamizh’ governmental ethos of Dravidian Tamil Nadu, it would beryllium the worst ain extremity successful the past of governmental football,” helium wrote.The Congress’ determination has already triggered crisp reactions from the DMK, which described the determination arsenic “backstabbing”. Meanwhile, protests erupted successful Chennai and Madurai, with Congress workers demanding that Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar invitation Vijay to signifier the authorities arsenic person of the single-largest formation.Aiyar’s involution has erstwhile again placed the seasoned person astatine likelihood with the Congress leadership. Over the years, his arguable remarks person repeatedly embarrassed the party. In caller months, helium publically distanced himself from Rahul Gandhi’s leadership, declaring, “I americium a Gandhian, I americium a Nehruvian, I americium a Rajivian, but I americium not a Rahulian.”
