Farmers Movement Archive

BJP tried to conceal facts on Keeladi: M K Stalin

MADURAI/TRICHY: The BJP is an anti-Tamil party, which had tried to conceal the facts on the 3,000-year-old civilization at Keeladi in Sivaganga district, the pride of the Tamil people, said DMK president M K Stalin adding that it wanted only the votes of the Tamil people. Speaking in Sivaganga as part of the DMK’s ‘Ungal Thoguthiyil Stalin’ campaign on Monday, he said that superintending archaeologist of the ASI Amarnath Ramakrishna, who was instrumental in revealing the important facts about Keeladi, was transferred to prevent the glory of Keeladi from being revealed. The next man sent by the ASI, Sriraman, did not do his job wholeheartedly and the BJP government forgot about Keeladi. It took protests and litigations to resume the work at the site. The BJP is not interested in it. “It does not want to showcase the pride of the Tamil culture, but wants the votes of the Tamil people,” he said. The BJP is using the corrupt AIADMK government to get what it wants. The AIADMK has not the power to seek its rights from the BJP or to oppose it. Chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam are more concerned about proving their might to each other. They have not been able to get the GST dues from the central government. Palaniswami who has supported the farm laws does not have any right to speak about the farmers, he said. Later, speaking at a wedding of a party functionary at Gandharvakottai in Pudukottai district, Stalin made fun of V K Sasikala’s journey to Chennai. “We do not know what is going to happen next as a person has started from Bengaluru with an AIADMK flag on the car. Only god knows what will happen next, said Stalin adding a Tamil phrase ‘yaam ariyen paraparame’, which means all the happenings are the creation of god. He said that DMK will be the ruling party in the next three months and they should aim for winning all the 234 seats in the state. “I am sound arrogant. But I could say this based on my interaction with people who are desperate to throw AIADMK out of power,” he said.

The Times of India

2021-02-09

Trichy