Ramadoss dubs son's remarks on DMK a blatant lie
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hennai: PMK founder S Ramadoss continued to attack his son and PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss dismissing his claim that the DMK was responsible for their ongoing feud as false.
"It's a blatant lie," Ramadoss told reporters in Chennai on Thursday. Anbumani had alleged that DMK was creating the rift in PMK, scared of its strength.
Ramadoss was also non-committal when reporters asked him in Chennai on Thursday whether he would forgive Anbumani since his son had publicly apologized. He recited a Tamil film song, 'Poga poga therium,' meaning his response to Anbumani's apology will be known in the coming days.
Ramadoss also defended two of his party MLAs, G K Mani and R Arul from Salem, who got themselves admitted to hospitals a day before Anbumani held a meeting in Salem district. There were murmurs of discontent among Anbumani supporters that the two were trying to skip the meeting. But Ramadoss said it could be a coincidence that the duo fell sick at the same time of the Salem meeting.
Meanwhile, Anbumani said the charges levelled against him by Ramadoss were baseless.
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Addressing the party functionaries in Salem, he dubbed the charges as '100 % lie'. Ramadoss had alleged that Anbumani threw a bottle on his mother earlier this year. Ramadoss had also charged that Anbumani struck a poll deal with BJP and got the latter's wife Soumya to contest in polls against his wishes. Anbumani said he would provide a proper explanation for the allegations soon.
Anbumani also made a veiled attack on Arul and G K Mani for getting hospitalised ahead of the meeting he convened. "Let us pray for their speedy physical and mental recovery," he said, sparking a round of applause from the cadres.
Incidentally, Arul, who was admitted at Omandurar govt super specialty hospital, got discharged on Thursday. "I have recovered," he told reporters as he walked out of the hospital.
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