Chennai, Feb 8: Tamil Nadu’s main opposition AIADMK on Wednesday said it had already shut its door on the BJP and ruled out joining forces with the saffron party for the Lok Sabha polls.Following Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remark that ‘the BJP’s doors are open for the AIADMK,’ senior party leader D Jayakumar ruled out any scope for an electoral alliance with the saffron party.
“Amit Shah has said the doors of his party are open for the AIADMK. As regards the stand of our party, the BJP was once a friendly party. Now, it is a party that we oppose out-and-out,” Jayakumar, AIADMK’s organisation secretary said.
In an interview to a Tamil daily, which was published on Wednesday, Amit Shah said the BJP’s doors are open to the AIADMK for an alliance.
Citing the interview, Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai said Amit Shah did not specifically name or invite the AIADMK. On the other hand, it was open invitation to all parties that accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, he said speaking to reporters in Delhi.
Annamalai wondered as to why the parties in the DMK alliance should be excluded from the scope of Amit Shah’s invitation as parties from the DMK front may also join the NDA.
Without naming Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai, the AIADMK leader alleged that the Dravidian stalwart CN Annadurai and late AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa were belittled by him.
Annamalai’s criticism against such tall leaders continued despite his party strongly condemning it. “How can we accept it?” he asked, adding that the cadres and people were against joining hands with the BJP. “When we severed our ties with the BJP, party workers burst firecrackers across the state; it showed the sentiments of our cadres; they do not want any alliance with the BJP.”