DMK cadres are still dealing with the sadness and shock of the defeat they met with in the recent Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.
To add insult to injury, a sitting Chief Minister was defeated by very ordinary TVK candidate. This has caused even more shock and anger among the DMK cadres and supporters.
A day ago, Stalin visited his constituency to thank his supporters, many cried and expressed their grief.
But what is even more shocking, some may say this is expected behaviour, is how the DMK cadres are threatening and abusing the voters of Kolathur constituency.
In a video that has gone viral on social media, a cadre is seen saying, “Slipper shots are waiting for everyone. Slipper shots are waiting for the people of this Kolathur constituency. Duty, dignity, and discipline are what Anna taught us. But Kalaignar has taught us something else to an extent: if you hold the flag upright, it’s a flag; if you turn it around, it’s a stick. Our leader has kept us disciplined so that we don’t have to raise that stick.”
He went on to claim that the constituency itself is the true loser of the election, warning of grim consequences. “Even today, if you look at it, he lost his chance at victory in yesterday’s election. Okay, he isn’t the one who lost the victory. It is this Kolathur constituency; yes, it is the Kolathur constituency that lost the victory, and today they are going to suffer. This constituency, without my leader, is going to suffer,” the cadre declared.
The remarks culminated in a severe insult directed at the entire state, with the cadre exclaiming, “This is not Tamil Nadu; it’s a land of illiterates, a land of illiterates, a land of illiterates, a land of illiterates, a land of illiterates. Just rename this Kolathur as a graveyard.”
One can recall the remarks made by former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi after the DMK’s defeat in the 2001 Assembly elections, when he had referred to the people of Tamil Nadu as “corpses beaten with rice.” The present comments by the cadres reflects an inability within sections of the party to accept electoral defeat.
The recent threats from DMK members in Kolathur, promising to beat voters “with slippers” and threatening to turn the constituency into a “graveyard”, represent a dangerous escalation. DMK cadre have insulted the entire state by branding it a “nation of fools”, just because they do not agree with the mandate of the people.
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