Naam Tamilar Katchi chief Seeman continues to go ballistic against Dravidianist ideologue EV Ramasamy Naicker, or EVR, hailed as Periyar by his followers. He accused them of failing in their core ideologies while distorting Tamil culture. Campaigning in Erode, Seeman mocked the Dravidianists for destroying Tamil by promoting English usage and questioned their so-called atheism, citing Durga Stalin’s religious practices.
He also criticized their anti-Brahmin stance, highlighting that Jayalalithaa, a Brahmin woman, empowered Dalit leaders more than Dravidianist parties ever did. Seeman has been attacking the “demagogue” of the Dravidianists for quite some time now and breaking down the illusion created the Dravidianists all these years.
Speaking to reporters at Erode where he is campaigning for his party candidate, he said, “You talk about Periyar all the time. Who is Periyar? Social justice, Brahmin bashing, atheism – did he win in all this? He won only in one thing – he said leave this Tamil “saniyan”, mix English with Tamil and speak, write Tamil in English alphabets. You Dravidians have only won in this aspect. You have destroyed my mother tongue by removing it fully from my land. Other than creating generations of people who cannot read and write Tamil, you have never succeeded in anything. Where is your atheism? Shall I show your sister-in-law, Durga Stalin, chanting Sanskrit slokas in her puja room? Did you not go as a family to the Athivaradar temple? You said you performed “Kumbhabishekam”, a Sanskrit word for ‘Kudamuzhukku’ in 1999 temples in the state. I am speaking about Muruga because Tamil is my god. Why did you conduct the conference (Lord Murugan)? Is that atheism?”
Continuing his comments on the anti-Brahmin stance of the Dravidianist party, he said, “Next you talk about anti-brahmin stance. In the evolution of the Dravidian movement, under the leadership of the so-called Brahmin woman, all Dravidians fell at her feet. You fell at her feet and enjoyed position and status. What Periyarists could not achieve, that lady had achieved. A Brahmin woman. She fielded a Dalit candidate, Dalit Ezhumalai in a general constituency and made him win. You field A Raja – you see him as an oppressed person and not a Tamilian and make him contest in a reserved constituency in Nilgiris. You will speak about social justice, eradication of sanatana dharma? That was an era. My ancestors were enamoured by all this. Jayalalithaa made an oppressed caste person, Dhanabal as the Speaker of the Assembly – she took him to such a height that even a Chief Minister had to stand when he entered the Assembly. This is the same Brahmin woman you people are against. Did you do anything like that? Why do you talk about social justice? Where is your Periyar in all this?”
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