At a public interaction, DMK Member of Parliament A Raja faced pointed questions from the audience over Chief Minister MK Stalin’s failure to visit Vengaivayal, the Tamil Nadu village where a Dalit settlement’s drinking water tank was contaminated with human waste.
A member of the audience asked Raja, “We ask the social justice question of why PM Modi did not visit Manipur. But our CM Stalin did not visit Vengaivayal, this is social injustice.”
Raja responded by questioning the comparison, asking, “Do you think the severity of Vengaivayal and Manipur issues are same?”
The audience member replied, “Everything is injustice.” When people began clapping in support of this remark, Raja interrupted, saying, “Wait, wait.”
Raja then elaborated on his position, saying, “Do we take the same tablet for blood cancer and headache? This is a good question. We exhausted all things scientifically. Two theories are there – whether they are same caste or different castes. We do not disagree that it was wrong. But do you know what happened in Manipur? In Manipur, they paraded a woman naked with military in broad daylight and gangraped by 15 people and you are justifying it in Parliament. Governor did not come out, you think all this was happening ordinarily. Sir don’t compare.”
Despite repeated questions on why the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister had not visited Vengaivayal, Raja defended the government’s handling of the case, saying, “What would have happened if he went? We are investigating under CBI, forensic, everything. That is a lone wolf attack. It was a human right violation by putting faeces in a tank.”
மணிப்பூருக்கு ஏன் பிரதமர் செல்லவில்லை என்று சமூக நீதி கேள்வி கேட்கும் நாம் #வேங்கை_வயலுக்கு ஏன் முதல்வர் செல்லவில்லை என கேள்வி கேட்டதற்கு
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மக்களின் உயிர் இவர்களை போன்ற அரசியல் வியாதிகளுக்கு தூசி போல தான்… pic.twitter.com/92NkJPqkDf
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It is noteworthy that A Raja belongs to the Dalit community himself and fights the Parliamentary elections from Nilgiris, a reserved constituency.
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