Chennai, June 8:
DMK organising secretary RS Bharathi on Sunday launched a scathing attack on Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) and its campaign management general secretary Aadhav Arjuna, asserting that the latter lacked the political stature to challenge former Chief Minister MK Stalin or Leader of the Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin.
Addressing reporters at Anna Arivalayam, the DMK headquarters in Chennai, Bharathi issued a bold challenge ahead of the upcoming local body elections. He declared that he would shave off one side of his moustache if TVK managed to win even a single mayoral post.
Bharathi also accused Aadhav Arjuna of creating internal issues within TVK, warning that any political setback for party president Vijay would be the responsibility of Aadhav himself.
Taking a firm stand on alliance politics, Bharathi ruled out any possibility of the DMK reuniting with parties that had “betrayed” it in the past. “We will never again accommodate those who stabbed us in the back and walked away. There will be neither a political association nor a relationship with them. DMK cadres will not accept them either,” he said.
On the Congress party, Bharathi dismissed claims of a continuing alliance, stating that the DMK had effectively “divorced” the Congress. He also made it clear that the DMK would not be part of any alliance that included the Congress, contradicting remarks by senior Congress leader P Chidambaram that ties between the two parties remained intact.
The remarks signal intensifying political tensions in Tamil Nadu as parties gear up for the crucial local body elections.