DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi on Friday responded to the continuing row over Katchatheevu island in Sri Lanka and accused the BJP of “trying to whip up something that happened many years ago”. In an unique interview with India As we speak TV, the DMK deputy common secretary mentioned, “In the last ten years, we brought up the issue of Katchatheevu many times, but BJP never responded to it.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had slammed the ruling social gathering in Tamil Nadu over the Katchatheevu challenge and mentioned new particulars revealed on the island “unmasked DMK’s double standards totally”.
Ok Karunanidhi accused the Centre of souring relations with neighbouring international locations and mentioned, “Relationships with all the countries around India have been messed up by this government. What’s happening in Arunachal Pradesh, Ladakh with the Chinese incursions?”
She added that the row over Katchatheevu island is the BJP’s “election strategy” forward of the Lok Sabha polls to divert consideration from the problems with China.
The DMK chief additionally responded to the BJP’s allegations of corruption in opposition to her social gathering and mentioned PM Modi “made corruption legal” by introducing the now-scrapped electoral bonds scheme.
“PM Modi made corruption legal, and he calls the DMK corrupt? The electoral bonds are making corruption legal. What shocks the conscience of the nation is the way they got these bonds. The Supreme Court has termed it unconstitutional. I don’t think the PM has any right to call others corrupt,” mentioned Ok Karunanidhi.
She additionally denied the accusations that the DMK is “anti-Hindu” and mentioned the social gathering is “not anti-anybody”.
“We want to be inclusive and reach out to all sections of society. I don’t think any government can be anti-anybody except the BJP. They accuse us of being anti-Hindu. Are we leaving out Hindus from government schemes? The DMK has always fought for reservations. And the reservation benefits Hindus who have been deprived the most. These are the Hindus we are fighting for, and the BJP is fighting against. So who is actually against the Hindus?” requested the MP.
Additional, Kanimozhi Karunanidhi countered the Prime Minister’s “dynasty politics” accusations in opposition to the DMK and mentioned a number of BJP leaders are from political households and lots of have been made ministers.
“Some of my former friends who were in Congress are now part of the BJP, and they belong to political families. Even if you come from a political family, nothing will work if people don’t accept you. There is nothing called ‘dynasty’ once you enter politics. You need to work really hard for people to support you,” mentioned the DMK MP.
Requested in regards to the allegations in opposition to the ruling DMK authorities over the drug menace in Tamil Nadu, Ok Karunanidhi mentioned, “As far as I know, it is the NCB which is answerable for the drug menace. They got thousands of kilos of drugs off the Gujarat coast. We don’t know what happened to it and who’s behind it.”
She additionally spoke in regards to the former DMK member who was concerned in a Rs 2,000-crore drug trafficking case and added, “The person who was connected to the DMK was thrown out of the party the minute we got to know about the accusations against him. DMK is not going to stop the investigation against him, and we are more than happy to help them in the process. There is a drug menace all over the country, especially after the BJP came to power.”
The DMK chief mentioned the temper among the many folks in Tamil Nadu and Thoothukudi, the place she is re-contesting, is constructive for her social gathering and the opposition INDIA bloc. Ok Karunanidhi asserted that the ballot contest within the state is “not at all between the DMK and BJP” and it’s between her social gathering and the AIADMK.
Based on her, the folks of the state are “aware that the central government has not given us any funds for flood relief”.
“They are all very angry. They know the only assistance they got was from the state government. PM Modi never visited the state. Senior Union Ministers visited, but no funds came. Now we have to go to court to get the relief which has to come to the people,” added the DMK MP.
She additionally accused the central authorities of decreasing funds for the NREGA scheme and mentioned folks haven’t been in a position to get work even for 25 days.
“Their payment has not come for months. That anger I can see on the ground,” added Ok Karunanidhi.
She expressed confidence in her social gathering’s efficiency within the upcoming polls and mentioned the guarantees the DMK made in its manifesto elevated the folks’s religion within the social gathering.
“Every scheme may not reach up to 100 percent of people. Some people may get left out. So they may be upset with the government. The impact of that will definitely be there. But several schemes of the DMK government have a great impact across the state. People are responding very well to those schemes. The promises we have made in the manifesto also make people feel very confident in us,” mentioned Ok Karunanidhi.