Chennai: Calling the Modi regime “explicitly communal”, the DMK on Friday appealed to all political parties and movements believing in national integrity and secularism to bury their regional and political differences and oppose the “communal threats that have befallen on the country”. A resolution was adopted at the 14th party general council held at DMK headquarters Anna Arivalayam in which Karunanidhi said, “BJP has learnt the art of deception better than AIADMK. In the name of governance, they are spying on us and hence we should not get deceived by them.”
While it had initially welcomed many steps of the NDA government, it is now a matter of concern that the Centre has deviated from its promise of development and makes all efforts to turn the country into a “Hindu Rashtra” in line with the policies of right-wing groups, the DMK resolution stated, hitting out at the Centre for its various controversial proposals including the Good Governance Day coinciding with party stalwart A.B. Vajpayee’s birthday on December 25, Christmas Day.
“The Central government’s present explicit communal attitude is not only unacceptable to minorities and those deeply believing in secularism and national unity, but is also a matter of grave concern,” the general council resolution added. Condemning the various controversial pro-Hindutva statements, including the promotion of Gandhi-assassin Nathuram Godse as a patriot, of senior BJP ministers and Hindu outfits such as RSS and VHP, the DMK said that such open efforts to impose religion will affect national peace and development and by doing so, the Centre had lost the confidence DMK had on it.
The DMK also criticized the ruling AIADMK’s handling of law and order, price rise and handling of inter-state river disputes among other issues. The party also resolved to hold a “massive rally” and submit a list of “scams and irregularities” in the present government to the governor and seek action.
