Home News DMK, Whose Patriarch Karunanidhi Mocked Lord Rama, Now Invokes Ramayana: Dindigul Leoni...

DMK, Whose Patriarch Karunanidhi Mocked Lord Rama, Now Invokes Ramayana: Dindigul Leoni Uses Rama’s Sandals To Praise Stalin And Mock Vijay

By
The Commune
-
DMK, Whose Patriarch Karunanidhi Mocked Lord Rama, Now Invokes Ramayana: Dindigul Leoni Uses Rama’s Sandals To Praise Stalin And Mock Vijay

DMK leader Dindigul I Leoni has sparked a political controversy after comparing the TVK government led by Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay to the sandals of Lord Ram and predicting that the government may last only “14 weeks or 14 months”, as reported in DTNext.

The same DMK’s patriarch Karunanidhi had once asked which engineering college Lord Rama studied in to mock the Ram Setu.

Leoni made the remarks while speaking at a family wedding of former minister KKSSR Ramachandran. Addressing former Chief Minister MK Stalin, he invoked an episode from the Ramayana to claim that the welfare schemes introduced by the previous DMK government continued to benefit people even after the party lost power.

“Just as Lord Ram’s sandals ruled Ayodhya, the sandals you left behind are ruling Tamil Nadu today,” he said.

Leoni cited the Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thogai (KMUT) scheme for women, the breakfast scheme for schoolchildren and Metro Rail projects to argue that people continued to benefit from initiatives associated with the previous DMK regime.

“People continue to remember you while benefiting from these schemes. In that sense, your sandals are ruling Tamil Nadu,” he said.

Turning his remarks towards the Vijay-led TVK government, Leoni referred to the Ramayana episode in which Bharata placed Lord Ram’s sandals on the throne of Ayodhya and governed the kingdom during his elder brother’s 14-year exile.

“Do not mistake the person in power for Bharata. Just as the sandals ruled for 14 years, this government will not last that long. It may survive for 14 weeks or 14 months,” he said.

Leoni also expressed confidence that the DMK would end the TVK government’s tenure and return to power, invoking the party’s rising-sun symbol, Udhayasuriyan.

Subscribe to our channels on WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram and YouTube to get the best stories of the day delivered to you personally.

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR