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“Coimbatore People Not Just Spoil Their Towns, But Also Other Towns”, Says DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran

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A political controversy has erupted following remarks made by DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran at a party event in Karur, with BJP state president K. Annamalai condemning the speech as disrespectful to the people of Coimbatore. DMK MLA Senthil Balaji, who was present at the meeting, issued a rebuttal defending Maran and counter-attacking the BJP.

The remarks were made during a speech delivered by Maran at the DMK’s “Stalin Thodarattum, Tamil Nadu Vellattum” event held in the Karur Assembly constituency. His observations about Coimbatore’s growth trajectory and social traits triggered political debate.

Speaking at the event, Maran said the people of Coimbatore possessed a strong competitive spirit and had advanced economically through such rivalry. He stated, “They came up by competing with each other. But Coimbatore people have one trait, they will not spoil their town, they will spoil all the towns around them in the name of pollution. It is election time now, they will mistake my words. So, in terms of economy, Coimbatore came up…”

Condemning the remarks, BJP Tamil Nadu president Annamalai issued a sharp response, accusing the DMK leader of insulting the district’s residents. In a statement, he wrote: “At a DMK meeting, Coimbatore’s people are being disrespectfully referred to as those who ruin neighboring towns by DMK Parliament member Mr. Dayanidhi Maran. Former Excise Minister Mr. Senthil Balaji is sitting there laughing upon hearing it. Coimbatore’s people are cultured. Respectful individuals. Just like the people of all districts in Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore’s residents too, through their hard work, continue to provide their economic contributions to Tamil Nadu and the nation. Except for DMK members, no other people of Tamil Nadu wish to exploit and drain the state. Even Dayanidhi Maran, who survives by clinging to the Coimbatore family, exhibits such arrogance, imagine how much self-respect the people of Coimbatore must have, who play a key role in Tamil Nadu’s economy through their tireless labor. For his arrogant speech, Dayanidhi Maran must immediately seek public forgiveness from Coimbatore’s people. It is precisely because of this arrogance from DMK members that the people of all ten constituencies in Coimbatore district are rejecting the DMK. In the upcoming elections, the same fate will befall the DMK across the entirety of Tamil Nadu.”

 

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Responding to the criticism, DMK MLA Senthil Balaji dismissed the allegations, claiming that Maran’s speech had been misrepresented through edited video clips circulated for political purposes. He said, “Taking a video of Member of Parliament elder brother Dayanidhi Maran speaking humorously, cutting and pasting it, and doing politics out of it — as the BJP’s state president, what schemes has this ‘drama artist’ secured from the Union Government for Coimbatore? What efforts has he taken to obtain Union Government funding for the Coimbatore Metro project? What has been his contribution in addressing the GST issues that are tormenting industrial entrepreneurs in Coimbatore district? For exporters from Karur, Tiruppur, and Coimbatore who have been affected by import duties, without even lifting a straw for them — merely frying vadas in an empty mouth and cracking whips in thin air — since Coimbatore people have understood this, they made him bite the dust in the last Parliamentary election.”

Source: OneIndia Tamil

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