Former Union Minister and PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss on Wednesday said his party would no longer knock at the doors of Gopalapuram and Poes Garden and anyone seeking alliance with the PMK should visit Thailapuram.
He also threw a challenge to the political parties, daring them to contest the local body elections independently to prove their strength and support base among the people.
Addressing the general council meeting of the party,
Mr. Anbumani said he was confident that the PMK would emerge the ruling party of Tamil Nadu after the 2016 Assembly elections. He said the PMK was caught in the “people's fury” against the DMK because it preferred to sail with it in the 2011 Assembly election and it was “by default” the AIADMK had become the ruling party. “Personally, I feel the defeat provided us an opportunity to introspect. If tsunami was turned into an opportunity for development of fishermen, our defeat can also be converted into an opportunity to strengthen the party structure,” he added.
To drive home the point that both the DMK and AIADMK would eventually be weakened beyond redemption, he said if rampant groupism and family politics was ailing the DMK, the “ego” of Chief Minister Jayalalithaa would not augur well for the AIADMK. He called upon the partymen to celebrate the 22nd anniversary of the party by hoisting flags in every village unit. Earlier, PMK's legislative party leader and Vanniyar Sangam president J. Guru set the tone for political stand, saying switching alliances for the purpose of electoral gains and “itching for positions” resulted in the PMK losing its identity and self-respect.
He said the party could not openly espouse the cause of the Sri Lankan Tamils when the civil war at its peak because it was part of Congress alliance and remained silent on 2 G spectrum scandal so as to notembarrass the DMK. Party leader G.K. Mani, who moved the political resolution, said the defeat of the PMK was actually a loss for people of Tamil Nadu.
