Dravidianists who cried foul during the Felix-Bennix custodial death in 2020 under the AIADMK government have been justifying and pushing aside the custodial deaths in the DMK regime. The latest one to join the bandwagon to expose the so-called Dravidian model where hypocrisy is a quality to have is DMK MP A Raja.
In an interview with a YouTube channel, a clipping of which has gone viral, Raja exposes his hypocrisy – the hallmark of a Dravidianist.
Speaking about EPS, Raja said, “He (EPS) says let’s protect the people. What problems are the people facing? What is the problem that people are facing? There may be a problem somewhere in some remote place.”
When pointed out by the interviewer that Stalin had conducted a survey recently that government schemes have not been reaching the people properly. To this, Raja replied, “This cannot be blanketed as problems for the people. This survey was for ensuring the penetration of some schemes to the people. Don’t use our own surveys as a tool to pinpoint us. Is there any insecurity among the people of Tamil Nadu? Or are they going hungry daily? Or is there a drought? Please tell me.”
To this, the interviewer brought up the case of the recent custodial death of the 27-year-old temple security guard Ajithkumar. Raja nonchalantly replied, “1 or 2 cases like that happen always. Do you think there can be no accidents, no murders? Has no lockup death occurred before?”
When countered by the fact that the DMK was up against the AIADMK government when the 2020 Felix-Bennix case happened, Raja replied, “When the death occurred, how did the Chief Minister react? This is a good question. How did Edappadi Palaniswami react when the lockup death occurred? Did he call the victim’s family and apologise for what happened, I am there for you?”
The interviewer then pointed out to the fact that Stalin did this act of apologizing to the victim’s family, and it was the 25th victim of custodial death in the DMK rule. Raja instantly replied, “How many ever deaths happen, at the moment it happens, regretting that it occurred and should not have happened, someone who says I regret this, I am sorry – the mental strength to say that, why didn’t Edappadi have that?”
Once again the interviewer pointed out the fact that had Stalin apologized when the first custodial death occurred, it would have some meaning. But the apology came after 24 deaths and public outrage following media coverage. To this Raja once again exposes his hypocrisy and says, “He said this will not repeat to the public, it is not necessary to say this to the victim’s family.”
— Singai G Ramachandran (@RamaAIADMK) July 14, 2025
This is what A. Raja had said when custodial death of Jeyaraj & Bennix happened during the Edappadi K. Palaniswami regime.
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