Indu Makkal Katchi Arjun Sampath slammed the DMK and Congress for glorifying Pastor Stan Swamy who was involved in activities against the country and encouraged secession.
Arjun Sampath said in his statement, which was issued on July 8, that “Stanislaus Lourduswamy, popularly known as Stan Swamy, 83, who was arrested for plotting to assassinate the Prime Minister of India and died in prison due to corona disease, has been hailed as a human rights activist and social activist. The activist who hailed him also accused the Central Government and the intelligence agencies of his death.”
While criticizing Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin for his condolence message for Stan Swamy’s demise, Arjun Sampath said,” Chief Minister M. K. Stalin has issued a message of condolence for his death, making Pastor Stan look like a national martyr who went to prison fighting for the rights of the grassroots while the truth is that the National Intelligence Agency had detained him for being a Maoist and inciting violence and terrorism against the country.”
Arjun Sampath lambasted the Congress party for organizing a march from the Congress party’s headquarters in Tamil Nadu, Sathyamoorthy Bhavan, to pay tribute to Stan Swamy and urged that the government take appropriate action against the officials responsible for his death.
He added that such actions by Congress and the DMK for a person detained for plotting to assassinate India’s Prime Minister will make him appear like a martyr and a prisoner for the national interest, which is against our country and encourages secession.
He said,” The DMK government is already listening to the views of the Naxals, separatists, anti-nationalists, anti-Modi propagandists, those who are working against the central government and those who are trying to destabilize the central government. It is highly reprehensible for political parties in Tamil Nadu to register their views in support of Urban Naxalites like Stan Sami.”
He criticized the Congress party for failing to learn from the past, even after the assassination of former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi, and claimed that the party is now acting as if it is supporting and promoting separatist Naxal terrorists.
He ended by asking the central and state governments to be watchful in this regard and not allow a pro-separatist and pro-terrorist atmosphere to develop in Tamil Nadu.
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