Naam Tamilar Katchi head Seeman, who has of late been taking the Dravidianists to the gutters, has once again become a target for Dravidianist media.
Seeman who arrived in Coimbatore Airport to campaign for his party’s candidate for the Erode East byelections, addressed reporters where he once again slammed Dravidian ideology fountainhead EV Ramasamy Naicker (hailed as ‘Periyar’ by his followers).
He also gave a separate interview to Puthiya Thalaimurai where the reporter asked a range of questions from attacking EVR to the recent controversy about Seeman’s alleged meeting with LTTE head Prabhakaran.
When the reporter questioned him about former NTK party cadres joining DMK in the presence of MK Stalin along with a big idol of EVR, Seeman said “These people have been expelled from the party long back. The Dravidianists have a compulsion to have Periyar as a facade and hide behind it. You keep Periyar to yourself. You bring that statue to campaign in Erode East bypoll. You talk about Periyar’s principles and ask votes. You pray to him and do sacrificial rituals. I don’t need Periyar.”
Seeman also attacked those who placed EVR and Dr. Ambedkar on the same pedestal saying “Only a fool would do that. Will anyone who has read Ambedkar ever compare him with Periyar? There’s a difference between the Shudran defined by Ambedkar and Periyar. Is it written anywhere that only Tamils are Shudras? Why did he (EVR) mention Tamils separately? What’s you intention there? When he gets on stage and he says ‘Respected dignitaries on the dais, elders, mothers and Th*v*d*y* payalungale (bastards)’, what is the meaning of that? People then should’ve stoned or slippered him.”
He also slammed DMK for its duplicity over attacking Brahmins while hiring Robin Sharma as a political strategist for elections.
When the reporter asked Seeman about LTTE Prabhakaran’s brother’s son remarks about him, Seeman said “He’s one pikkali paya. You’re talking about him!” and stormed away.
இதுதான் திராவிட மாடல்
எச்சைத்தனம் செய்து வாழ்வதற்கு பிச்சை எடுத்து வாழலாம் @DMKITwing
உங்களால் நேர்மையாக அரசியல் செய்யவும் முடியாது . எங்களை வீழ்த்தவும் முடியாது . நாங்கள் வென்றே தீருவோம் !
நாம் தமிழர் 💪 pic.twitter.com/XsRxEcqdCt
— NTK IT Wing (@_ITWingNTK) January 24, 2025
Pikkali Paya in colloquial Tamil means idiot or fool. However, Puthiya Thalaimurai chose to peddle half-truths against Seeman by beeping that word with a thumbnail and caption that said “Seeman who spoke to the level of adding a beep sound.
Beep -போடும் அளவுக்கு பேசிய சீமான்; இதுவரை யாரும் பார்க்காத முகம்! உச்சகட்ட கோபத்தில் வந்த வார்த்தை! https://t.co/jgBQSuTfZH#seeman #ntk #periyar #DMK #TNPolitics
— PuthiyathalaimuraiTV (@PTTVOnlineNews) January 24, 2025
This is now being parroted by other Dravidianist media to peddle propaganda against Seeman. Some even went on to peddle false propaganda that Seeman used the word Th*v*d*y* Paya (bastard in Tamil) which is not the case. Seeman had only quoted what EVR had said in a public meeting while using that word.
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