TVK meet turnout indicates youth's joblessness: Seeman
Seeman
sharpened his attack on both
DMK
and TVK, questioning their political positions and accusing them of selective politics.
Turning his ire on Vijay's TVK, Seeman dismissed the notion that destroying DMK could be a party's core plank.
"If you are going to do the same politics as DMK and AIADMK, why should TVK exist? Will we see Jayalalithaa or EPS projected again in the same manner tomorrow," he asked.
On TVK's Madurai conference, Seeman said the early arrival of thousands of cadres only revealed the depth of youth unemployment in TN.
He questioned TVK's stance against hereditary politics, referring to Vijay's silence on Congress despite its Nehru-Gandhi lineage.
"Honesty demands calling out every party that practises dynasty politics," he said.
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Seeman said DMK cannot claim credibility by opposing BJP only when it suits them. "When they were in alliance with BJP, they had no objection to policies or even the use of Sanskrit-based terms in Parliament. Why raise these issues now," he asked, alleging that law and order in the state has deteriorated under DMK.
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