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DMK Which Waxes Eloquent On ‘Social Justice’ Allots 2 Reserved Seats To VCK, Thirumavalavan Agrees

March 10, 2024
The Commune

On March 8, 2024, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finalized seat-sharing arrangements with the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. In this alliance, the VCK will contest two seats, specifically Chidambaram and Villupuram, both reserved constituencies, as it did in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

DMK President M.K. Stalin and VCK Chief Thol. Thirumavalavan signed the agreement, formalizing the allocation of two seats to the VCK in Tamil Nadu. Thirumavalavan, in a meeting with Stalin at the Secretariat, mentioned that discussions on seat-sharing had been extensive.

Thirumavalavan explained that the initial request was for three reserved constituency seats and one general category seat, later revised to two reserved and one general category seat. Following negotiations and considering the national and state-level political context, the VCK agreed to the pact for two seats, maintaining coordination within the alliance, as seen in the 2019 elections. He also noted that the VCK would contest using its own symbol.

It is to be noted that Thirumavalavan’s VCK will be contesting in the same two reserved constituencies that the party had contesting in 2009, 2019.

The DMK which waxes eloquent on ‘social justice’ have always contained and limited the VCK to 2 seats and that too reserved ones.

VCK leader Vanniyarasu in an interview had said that during the 2009 Lok Sabha elections the VCK had asked for contesting from a general (unreserved) constituency to which Karunanidhi had supposedly said “You guys don’t aspire for general seats”.

Many on social media called out the hypocrisy and opportunism of both the DMK and VCK as they leave no opportunity to give lectures on ‘social justice’.

One user wrote “even tomato rice which used to cost ₹5 20 years back costs ₹35 now”.

Another netizen gave a comical twist to the “adanga maru atthu meeru thirupi adi (Refuse to be cowed down, exceed limits, rise and hit back)” slogan of the VCK saying “Cow down, don’t even thing of crossing the limit, turn and cry, fall at the feet of DMK”.

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