DMK MP from Dharmapuri Dr. Senthilkumar threatened to put popular YouTuber Maridhas and political commentator Kishore K Swamy behind bars once the party comes to power.
On January 2, the DMK MP took a jibe at Maridhas who following Rajinikanth’s announcement to quit politics, issued a statement saying that he was taking a sabbatical as he felt ‘tired’ and needed some rest and peace to sort out further scheme of things. In response to this, Senthilkumar said “You are already saying ‘you are tired’, ‘you need rest’. How fair is it? The game has not even begun. It is from now that ‘special’ legal incidents are about to start”.
இப்போதே ‘களைப்பாக உள்ளேன்’
இப்போதே ‘சோர்வாக உள்ளேன்’
இப்போதே ‘ஒய்வு தேவை’என்றால் எப்படி
இன்னும் ஆட்டமே ஆரம்பிக்கவில்லை
இனி தான் சட்டப்படி சிறப்பான சம்பவங்கள் தொடங்கவுள்ளது.
— Dr.Senthilkumar.S (@DrSenthil_MDRD) January 1, 2021
Maridhas is a vocal critic of the DMK has been facing cases filed against him by the party. He is known for exposing the unholy nexus between prominent Tamil mainstream media journalists and the DK, DMK, Communist groups in Tamil Nadu. In August 2019, the DMK filed cases under section 505 (2) of IPC [Whoever makes, publishes or circulates any statement, rumour or report] and Information Technology Act for his video “Should DMK be banned“, that was critical of the party.
Political commentator Kishore K Swamy in response to this threat put out a tweet that he would be even more ruthless than Maridhas in criticizing DMK and its chief M.K. Stalin and challenged the DMK MP to do whatever he can.
என்ன தருமபுரி தற்குறி செந்தில்குமார் எம் பி , மாரிதாசரை மிரட்டுறீங்களாமே , அவரை விட கேவலமாக உங்க தத்தித் தலைமையை விமர்சிச்சிட்டு வரேன் , அவராவது சூப்பர் ஸ்டார் முடிவால் சோர்வானார் , எனக்கு அதெல்லாம் இல்ல , முடிஞ்சதை புடுங்கவும்
— kishore k swamy (@sansbarrier) January 2, 2021
To this, the DMK MP responded saying “You have waited for these many days. Just a few more days left. You will be given the ‘first respects’ in the legal actions that will be taken. Do not have any doubt in that. You are number one in the list”.
இவ்வளவு நாள் பொறுமை கார்த்திங்க.
இன்னும் கொஞ்சம் நாள் தான்.,
சட்டப்படி எடுக்கும் நடவடிக்கையில்
சிறப்பு #முதல்_மரியாதை
உங்களுக்கு தான்.,அதுல எந்த சந்தேகமும் வேண்டாம்.
பேரு ஏன் mention பன்னலான சிலர் பேரு சொல்ல கூட தகுதியில்லாதவங்க.😉
அந்த தகுதியில்லாத லிஸ்ட்ல நீங்க தான் No.1 https://t.co/VAa3CLhYY3
— Dr.Senthilkumar.S (@DrSenthil_MDRD) January 2, 2021
Speaking to The Commune, Kishore K Swamy said that this response from the DMK MP does not surprise him and added that it is a party of the thugs, by the thugs and for the thugs. “This threat was not just for me. It is a warning to the people of Tamil Nadu that this is what they will do if anyone raises their voice against the party and their leader. We all saw what happened to the lady who questioned Stalin today. This is a party of rowdies.”, Kishore said.
In a related incident, DMK MP Senthilkumar while addressing party rally on December 16 said that, first priority will be given to party cadres in all schemes and loan waivers, if the party comes to power in 2021.