Tamil Nadu Congress leader E.V.K.S. Elangovan has been declared as the candidate for the to be held in Erode East constituency on 27 February 2023.
The Congress leader is contesting the bypoll after the seat fell vacant due to the untimely death of his elder son Thirumahan Eeveraa.
Though Erode South Congress District President Makkal Rajan too had sought to contest, the ticket was given to Elangovan immediately after the DMK announced that it is allotting the seat to its ally Congress.
Elangovan had sought the seat for his younger son Sanjay Sampath but the Tamil Nadu Congress announced its decision to field Elangovan himself following a meeting with AICC Tamil Nadu in-charge Dinesh Gundu Rao.
Elangovan is a controversial Congress leader and is the grandson of rabid anti-Hindu bigot E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker (hailed as ‘Periyar’ by his followers).
Recently he was in the news for abusing musical maestro Ilaiyaraaja with casteist remarks.
Speaking at an event organized by Dravida Kazhagam in Erode, the Congress leader in an indirect reference to Mr. Ilaiyaraaja said “There are certain elements in Tamil Nadu today claiming themselves to be ‘king of music’. Everybody knows who is the king of music. Not everyone who plays the tabla can become a music composer”
“Those who accepted the Communist ideology when they had no means to afford food and were living below the poverty line are today, after getting money and fame, are considering themselves to be upper castes. You know who I am referring to.”, the Congress leader said referring to Mr. Ilaiyaraaja.
“Raja and that too ‘Ilaya’ Raaja it seems! He must be inching over 80 years of age and they call him ‘Ilaya’ Raaja”, the senior Congress leader said making personal caustic remarks about the ace music composer.
The senior Congress leader objected to Mr. Ilaiyaraaja comparing Prime Minister Modi with Dr. Ambedkar in the foreword written by him for a book.
The Congress leader also said that if such persons (referring to Ilaiyaraaja) had to be eradicated, hands of people like K. Veeramani, the head of Dravida Kazhagam and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin had to be strengthened.
The desperation of these people! Reason why Congress is literally nowhere in India! https://t.co/6d3mlFnDhG
— Sreevatson (@sreevatson) April 23, 2022
Click here to subscribe to The Commune on Telegram and get the best stories of the day delivered to you personally.