A. Ashvathaman, State Secretary of the Tamil Nadu BJP, launched a scathing attack on the VCK chief and Chidambaram MP Thirumavalavan for CM ambitions, questioned his leadership credentials, drawing a stark contrast between Thirumavalavan’s doctorate in mass conversion and L. Murugan’s legal qualifications.
Additionally, criticized the ruling DMK, accusing it of abandoning the principles set by its founder, C.N. Annadurai, and shifting towards the ideology of E.V. Ramasamy. Ashvathaman condemned the party for turning the focus to trivial issues, such as the “Tamil Thai Vazhthu” controversy, instead of addressing pressing concerns like the aftermath of recent heavy rains, rising taxes, and the growing issues of addiction among schoolchildren.
He further criticized the DMK’s push for a racial ideology, which he argued had failed to resonate with other regional communities, and urged the party to focus on real, tangible issues.
After having darshan of Swami at the Kamakshi Amman Temple, Kanchipuram, he addressed the media condemned the ruling DMK for straying from the principles set by its founder, stating, “Today, DMK is moving from Annadurai’s principles towards EV Ramasamy’s principles. Deviating from EV Ramasamy’s principles, Annadurai started the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. Only after giving up the demand for Dravida Nadu aspiration and opposing EV Ramasamy, the Tamil people supported Annadurai and made him chief minister in 1967. However, today the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is becoming the Dravidar Kazhagham.”
Ashvathaman then criticised the DMK for creating a issue out of nothing with “Tamil Thai Vazthu” row than focusing on more serious issues like the recent rains even for a single day suffered by a lot and the citizens are further burdened incresing property tax, water tax and bills, drug addiction by school goers, alcohol addiction etc. He critcised the political drama played by the DMK and asserted that the founder of the DMK has left that principle since he kept the name of the organisation as dravida kazhagam as a geographical idea not dravidar that gives sense as race.
Ashvathaman then criticized the DMK for making a fuss over the “Tamil Thai Vazhthu” controversy instead of focusing on more pressing issues, such as the recent heavy rains that caused significant suffering for many. He pointed out how citizens are further burdened with rising property taxes, water bills, and other increasing costs, along with serious concerns like drug and alcohol addiction among schoolchildren. He condemned the political drama being played out by the DMK and emphasized that the party’s founder had always intended for the organization’s name, ‘Dravida Kazhagam’, to represent a geographical concept, not a racial one.
He criticized the DMK’s “Dravidar” agenda as a failed one, noting that other ethnic groups like Malayalis, Telugus, and Kannadigas have not embraced it. He advised that instead of pushing an imaginary racial ideology, the party should focus on addressing real, tangible problems.
When the press asked Ashvathaman about the recent controversy regarding VCK chief Thirumavalavan’s ambition to become chief minister and NTK chief coordinator Seeman supporting the proposal, along with a statement of when L. Murugan can become a Union Minister , why Thirumavalavan can’t become CM, he responded, “I will tell you the difference between Thirumavalavan and L. Murugan. Murugan has got a doctorate in Law. Do you know in what field Thirumavalavan received a doctorate? In mass conversion, the subject was how to mass convert people. Hence, comparing both of them is incorrect. Thirumavalavan should first be a good leader to the followers who he is dependent on, because the central government provides many concessions to the scheduled caste people and scheduled caste youth. If they are studying for a degree, it is fully free as the central government pays the fee. But how does he guiding them, did he ask the students or the youth to study? No, he asks them to get five cases. First, become a good leader.”
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