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“#Tamilanathudrogi_DMK” Trends On Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day

May 18, 2024
The Commune

On 17th May, thousands of Tamils gathered in Mullaivaikkal, located on Sri Lanka’s northeastern coast, to honor their relatives who were killed in May 2009 during the final battle of the island’s prolonged civil war.

As the conflict intensified before its brutal conclusion, hundreds of thousands of Tamil civilians were herded into this narrow strip of land, designated by the government as a ‘No Fire Zone’. However, indiscriminate shelling by the armed forces resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands, including many women and children, and left scores seriously injured.

Thirteen years have passed since many of the Tamils present in Mullaivaikkal village lost their loved ones—husbands, wives, sons, daughters, brothers, or sisters—during the war between the Sri Lankan army and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), who were fighting for an independent Tamil state in the northeastern region of the country.

The tragic events in Mullaivaikkal in May 2009, where tens of thousands of Tamil civilians were trapped and killed, marked the final phase of the Sri Lankan military’s offensive against the LTTE, bringing an end to the nearly three-decade-long civil war that spanned from 1983 to 2009. Each year, on 18 May, Tamils gather in a large open space near the Vadduvakal Bridge to participate in a collective memorial, known as Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day, to honor family members who disappeared or were killed during the war.

In this context, social media has been flooded since the morning with the hashtag #Tamilanathudrogi_DMK, which translates to “DMK the traitor to the Tamil race.” Netizens are using this hashtag to criticize the ruling DMK, accusing them of betraying the Eezham Tamils during their conflict 2009.

A netizen posted a video featuring MDMK chief Vaiko, who is currently an ally of the DMK, vehemently cursing and criticizing the DMK for betraying the Tamils. In the video, Vaiko stated, “Are you the tamil race leader? (You’re) betrayer of the race, how will I go to  alliance, How will Vaiko, who has spoken since 2009 that (DMK) is a racial traitor on a thousand platforms, come to an agreement? Doing so means I am deceiving myself”

Another netizen shared a video featuring former CBI officer Ragothaman, who is highly respected for his investigative work on the Rajiv Gandhi case. In the video, Ragothaman stated, “Sri Lankan army was not a match to the LTTE organisation, It was never and eqivalant force. I will say you the secret, how and why they have destroyed it. Tamilnadu is where he used to get food, medicine, Uniform from here, Rameswaram and Kodiyakarai are called undeclared ports of LTTE. Both the Tamil Nadu government and the Indian government have left them, if rice or pulses do not go from here, the fighters there will not be able to fight, and how long can they will fight with hunger. In 2009 the same DMK governments Karunanidhi was there and the Congress was ruling, if they have sent food and others they could have not been defeated, but there was nothing… the life line was cut”   

Another video posted by a netizen features the revered and respected late Vijayakanth criticizing DMK’s Karunanidhi as a fake leader who betrayed the Tamil race. In the video, Vijayakanth makes these accusations directly, “Kalaignar done this, Kalaignar said this, What Kalaignar, Kalaignar? I’m giving the respect so calling Kalaignar, What did Kalaignar did mortgaging the Tamilnadu. Even now he is talking about the race, Is the one who killed the race is talking about the race! Is it not a shame a regime of nothing, My wish is that the people should teach DMK and Congress a proper lesson. He is the epitome of lies, I get angry when I asked about him. He is a liar, ‘like my father is not in the bush’. This is an example of what kind of traitor he is, he will give you a TV and gets the connection money and leave, this is the reality people, who has the connections? tell me, is it with the public… All is with his party men, him, his grandson and son and that’s the truth.”

Another netizen posted, “Sacrificing lives in Mullivaikal and rights in Mullaiperiyar, surrendering land in Kachchathivu and water in the Cauvery – all for his own political gain, he abandoned Tamil Nadu. #தமிழினத்துரோகி_திமுக”

Another post shared by netizen featured speech by former NTK member and current DMK executive Rajiv Gandhi, in which he vehemently criticized Karunanidhi for the killing of Tamils in Sri Lanka, Rajiv Gandhi stated,  “We said, Mr. Karunanidhi, we challenged that the position of Chief Minister for which you have endured the Sinhalese sting that destroyed our race, will not be found again in your lifetime. He was able to sit in a wheelchair until the end. For whatever position, for a trivial position, for your chief ministership, you have destroyed my race, that position will not belong to your family till the end. Even today, Stalin waits like a Elavu parrot”

Another netizen ridiculing the DMK with past and present stance stated, “Father pretended to lie on the mattress and took the lives of Tamils ​. The son is selling meth and taking lives from Tamils #தமிழினத்துரோகி_திமுக”

Other posts highlighted that despite having a majority and significant influence at the center, the DMK failed to seize the opportunity to support the Tamils in Sri Lanka. Critics pointed out that prominent DMK first family, such as Kanimozhi and T.R. Baalu, visited Sri Lanka and displayed friendly gestures towards the Rajapaksa government, which was responsible for the killings of Tamils in Mullaivaikaal.

In another post a netizens mocked the DMK sharing a doodle that depicted Instead of aiding the Tamils who suffered in Sri Lanka, it depicted Chief Minister Karunandi as pleading with the Congress government at the center for ministerial positions for his son, daughter, and grandsons.

It is to be noted that recently, Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai exposed with RTI that the current DMK regime under the leadership of late CM Karunanidhi and its ally in centre the Congress had clandestinely ceded the katchatheevu-island to the Sri Lanka.

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