Sebastian Simon, popularly known as Seeman, the chief-coordinator of the political party Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK), has once again stirred controversy. His inflammatory remarks against Bharat Mata, the national personification of India as a mother goddess, are attracting widespread attention. Simon’s comments suggest separatist ideologies by insinuating that there was no India until the British invasion, effectively recycling historical narratives.
Speaking at an event a few weeks ago, Seeman commenced his address by elucidating that the widespread corruption in Tamil Nadu is attributable to party leaders who demand funds in exchange for assigning portfolios to ministers and exert pressure on them to contribute financially.
He mocked Annamalai, the Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party president, for being assigned Z security by the home ministry due to threats in the state. However, NTK chief Seeman referred to him as a “Scared Chicken.”
“They ask me, how do you roam without fear? What should I be afraid of, am I a scared chicken like my brother Annamalai? Whatever protection the Chief Minister gets, Annamalai has asked for the same thing,” he said.
Then he recounted a fabricated story by presenting a poster featuring an elderly woman portrayed as an Indian queen. He questioned the audience, suggesting that India did not exist until the British arrived, and proceeded to insult Bharatha Mata. He said, “It is written there, I asked my grandmother Mathi. What is it that you have written my grandmother as Queen of India? Is she Queen of India? Where was India in our grandmother’s time? Where was your India during the time of my grandfather Pulithevan and Alagumuthukoan? Your India, Where was your Bharata matha ‘Pudunguna Matha’? This is my country, after defeating all of us, the white man named India as the land he created by combining all the provinces built by him. This was Tamil Nadu when my grandmother was alive, my grandfather Pulithevan, Azhakumuthukon, Sundaralinganar were alive, this was Tamil Nadu, the liberation of the Tamil homeland, what was India then? At that time, my grandmother did not say Bharat Matha Ki Jai, we only said Vetrivel Veeravel.”
உன் பாரத மாதா புடுங்குன மாதா எங்குட்டு டா இருந்தா ? – சீமான்
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Then he criticized the government’s partiality in the school education system, highlighting that while everything is available in Chennai, towns and villages lack basic facilities such as restrooms, blackboards, roofs, and windows. As a result, he argued that there is no equitable education system, only a balanced curriculum. He further contended that both the DMK and the ADMK engage solely in electoral politics, with no other substantial contributions.
Mocking the ruling DMK government, he pointed out the irony of claiming a lack of funds for repairing dilapidated schools while allocating 88 crores for constructing a mausoleum for his father, Karunanidhi. Ridiculing the state of electoral politics, he mocked, “During the sixty-year rule, have made my grandmother to raise hand for a thousand rupees, that is electoral politics, when the election comes, a thousand rupees to the head of the family, thirty rupees a day, can’t my mother earn thirty rupees? Didn’t you not make our mother beg for thirty rupees during these period? “Paradesi Payale”.”
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