Naam Tamilar Katchi leader Seeman has criticized the ruling DMK, stating that “no one knows what the Dravidian model is,” and compared their ideology to “smelly garbage.” He went on to accuse the party of being ignorant of their own history, claiming that they focus solely on promoting and glorifying their idealogues for political gain.
Speaking at a public meeting in Chennai to commemorate the birth anniversary of Mahakavi Bharathi, NTK chief Seeman questioned where those who claim to champion social justice have actually implemented it. Seeman remarked, “They don’t even know what the Dravidian model is, nor do they know which language the word ‘Dravidam’ comes from. Is this really an ideology? It’s just smelly garbage. They are bringing in garbage from Kerala and dumping it here, and they don’t even know how to stop it. This is nothing but degraded rubbish.”
Taking a jibe at the DMK for hiding behind its ideologies, Seeman criticized, saying, “If Dravidam means social justice, then tell us what it is. Tell us, ‘We have established social justice here.’ Tell us, If you can. There are our ancestors far greater than Periyar. You call him the father of rationalism, but I have my grandfather, Pandit Iyothee Thass. You call him a socialist, yet Periyar himself admitted, ‘I learned socialist ideology from Singara Velar.’ We have another grandfather, Singara Velar, and another one named Jeevanandham. What mistakes have you identified in our ancestors? This is our ideology; this is our identity. We won’t oppose and accept (if you say) ‘Periyar also has spoken and struggled,’ but we will not accept ‘only Periyar struggled.’ We will oppose it strongly.”
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