Livid over repeated comments by party leader Manickam Tagore targeting alliance leader DMK over power sharing, TNCC president K Selvaperunthagai slammed the Virudhunagar MP saying no one was bigger than the Congress high command, which has already asked party members to express their opinion in public.Asked by the media whether he would take action against Tagore, he said, āI have been called by the party high command to discuss this and the prevailing political situation. Going against democracy and defying the high commandās instructions is wrong.ā
A day earlier, Tagore had repeated his comments on Congress deserving a share in power in the next government and even cautioned that the party functionaries would hit back at DMK leaders if the latter criticised them unfairly. Making matters worse, some of the speakers at the executive committee meeting of the Madurai South District Committee, which Tagore had chaired, even said the Congress was not seeking a share in the loot ā a comment that TVK leader Vijay had made a few days ago.
When the media sought his comment about Tagoreās repeated remarks, Selvaperunthagai said he was not aware of the matter.
āAs president of TNCC, I strictly follow the AICCās instructions. We have been told not to talk about alliances in public fora. Our leaders, Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and KC Venugopal, have told us not to publicly express views. I donāt know if thereās anyone bigger than these leaders in the Congress,ā he said.