EPS: AIADMK stands for minorities, DMK does not
AIADMK
general secretary
Edappadi K Palaniswami
said it was his party which supporte minorities in the state whereas
DMK
failed to protect them.
At Ambur in Tirupattur on Thursday, EPS said retired policeman Zakir Hussain, who publicly said his life was in danger and demanded chief minister M K Stalin's attention, was hacked to death in Tirunelveli a few months back.
"DMK does not protect minorities. If AIADMK was in power, we would have taken strict action," EPS said.
He said it was AIADMK that supported A P J Abdul Kalam to become President. "DMK did not support him. We built memorials for Tipu Sultan and Quaid-e-Millat, and we established Abdul Kalam College of Arts and Science. Minorities must remember what we have done for them," EPS said.
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He said DMK's only aim was to gain political mileage.
"DMK once allied with BJP when Murasoli Maran was a Union minister. It was fine for them then. But if AIADMK allies with BJP, they criticise us," he said reiterating that the alliance with BJP was only to defeat DMK.
EPS said Stalin often says that he was jailed under Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) during Emergency. "But MISA and Emergency were enforced by Congress govt at the Centre — and DMK has allied with them. Stalin is aligning with those who once jailed him but criticises us for allying with BJP," he said.
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