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Sun News Goes On A Rant After Sarath Kumar Joins BJP, Actor Trolls Them On Camera

March 13, 2024
The Commune

On 12 March 2024, actor R Sarath Kumar merged his party, the All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi (AISMK), with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu. This merger caused controversy, with the DMK and its associates struggling to accept regional parties aligning with a national entity, especially the BJP. Despite attempts to undermine the merger through various narratives, including those spread on social media proved futile, leading to mockery directed back at themselves.

The Sun News channel, affiliated with the DMK’s first family, launched into an intense series of rants on its social media and news channel beginning at 1 PM in the afternoon lasting until 6 pm in the evening, with gap ranging from 5 to 10 minutes between each update. Following a brief intermission after 3 PM, the pace slowed a bit, but the channel continued intermittently until 6 PM, striving to shape narratives.

It began with news card segments immediately after announcement after the merger, “The party chief Sarath Kumar merged his All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi with the BJP.”

Then, it solicited opinions from viewers, before reposting the same message with the party affiliation crossed out.

Updates followed, quoting Sarath Kumar’s perceived significance in national politics.

The channel mockingly ranted again, “The political landscape of Tamil Nadu witnesses the largest political party  AISMK merger with the BJP!”

Then another news card declared, “The party head office was ready for the last event of the AISMK..!”

An image featuring Tamil Nadu BJP chief Annamalai and AISMK chief Sarath Kumar prompted viewers to provide captions.

Subsequently, the channel highlighted party members’ discontent peddling narrative as entire party, with a news card stating, “SMK executives strongly oppose the BJP-AISMK merger! Tension arose as an SMK executive walked out of the meeting protesting the merger of the party.”

Then theyshared Sarathkumar’s statement, “I asked my wife Radhika and joined SMK with BJP! – Sarathkumar”

As a true mouthpiece of the ruling DMK, the channel mourned, “AISMK concludes its political journey, which began in 2007 and ended in 2024.”

Lacking fresh content, it delved into Sarath Kumar’s social media and posted, “Within minutes of joining the BJP, Sarath Kumar becomes part of Modi’s family!”

Expressing the displeasure of SMK party members, the channel peddled a narrative where it stated, “Joining the party without consulting my wife was a mistake!” The party executive was angered by Sarath Kumar’s remark that he consulted his wife before joining the BJP.

As the rants progressed, the channel slowed its posts but continued to criticize Sarath Kumar by sharing old videos where he opposed the BJP in the previous alliance.

Then over two posts, they shared pictures of Sarath Kumar’s car which previously had his party flag which later turned to BJP.

At 6 PM, the rant concluded with a video outlining Sarath Kumar’s political journey from 1996 to 2024.

Today, the Sun News channel resumed its rant, ridiculing Sarath Kumar’s decision to consult his wife regarding the party merger. It juxtaposed this against the DMK’s stance on women empowerment, as advocated by their ideologue EV Ramasamy, suggesting a contradiction within their followers who criticize their own ideology.

Sarath Kumar swiftly responded, “They mock me for not being able to sleep at night… I consulted my wife for her opinion. Who else would I consult other than my wife?”

However, what turned out to be amusing was that Sarath Kumar, who had been ridiculed by the channel, retaliated sarcastically during a reporters’ meeting by mocking the same channel in front of them. This incident was later shared by the same Sun News channel without realizing that they had been mocked. When asked if he would be given any responsibility in the BJP, Sarath Kumar responded, “I did not come to BJP for responsibility, I came to act responsibly.”

The reporters then quoted party cadre as saying that Sarath Kumar must be announced as the CM candidate. To this he replied, “People can think whatever they want, see you yourself are thinking – if something is going fine, you think why it is going fine. You are trying to set a narrative. As far as I am concerned, I don’t deviate from anything, I won’t deviate from anything, if I make a decision, I will stick firmly to it. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam should know that, and I am more happy than that, why because they have put 37 tweets, even for Kalaignar’s death they did not post so much.”

Later, he expressed satisfaction, stating that the content was enjoyable and engaging. He confidently predicted that the BJP would secure victory for the third consecutive time at the centre, encouraging the news channel to share this news with a smile.

Even the admin of the DMK Sun news channel took this troll seriously, issuing a breaking news card without realizing that Sarath Kumar was mocking them.

The online community ridiculed the Sun News channel by meticulously tallying their critical posts targeting Sarath Kumar. They delved into the matter further and found amusement in it.

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