Chennai: The opinion polls which put DMK ahead of AIADMK as the most likely victors in the 2016 state Assembly polls are fraudulent and orchestrated by M.K. Stalin’s son-in-law, Sabareesan, according to Mayor Saidai S. Duraisamy.
At the Greater Chennai corporation council meet held on Saturday, the Mayor’s comments drew flak from the Opposition DMK councillors, who staged a walkout.
“Why are you talking about elections? Are you campaigning for your party inside the council hall?” asked a visibly irritated DMK ward 92 councillor K. Neelakantan.
The lone Congress councillor, P.V. Tamilselvan (ward 91), was evicted from the floor in the melee. Duraisamy proceeded to frame charges on “Sabareesan and Co.” for trying to create a “false image for the DMK”.
“This is where Karunanidhi’s master plan is at work. Because no other party is willing to have an alliance with the DMK, this is a ploy by Sabareesan to trick others by projecting their party as having acceptance among public. They (DMK) are spending crores of rupees for this,” he said.
“Otherwise, there is no logical explanation as to how a party which had less than 20 per cent vote share in the 2014 general elections, now has a two per cent lead over the party which had 44.3 per cent (in 2014),” he added.
Referring to the DMK as a “family party” which prefers “family rule”, Duraisamy said that party president Karunanidhi would go to great lengths to ensure that their alliance parties do not benefit.
“In 1996, the late G.K. Moopanaar immensely helped DMK to gain power. But the whole nation knows that when the opportunity for Moopanaar to become Prime Minister arose, Karunanidhi and [Murasoli] Maran destroyed it,” he said.
Duraisamy then read out opinion polls from 2011 and 2014 to emphasise his belief that these generated “false information”.
“But the people of Tamil Nadu do not accept any fake stories other than their own personal view. We saw the results of it in 2011 and 2014,” he said.
“In 1972, the AIADMK was formed when the DMK’s accounts were questioned. In 2016, the AIADMK will close the accounts of DMK once and for all,” he added.
