Chennai: Slamming MDMK leader Vaiko for accusing the BJP of wooing DMDK chief Vijayakanth with offers of Parliament seats and Cabinet positions, Union minister Pon Radhakrishnan Saturday said Vaiko’s charge only showed Vijayakanth in poor light as it could mean that the latter was looking for deals.
Vijayakanth and his wife Premalatha had trusted Vaiko as coordinator of their new poll front, yet the MDMK chief chose to embarrass both, said the BJP state president Tamilisai Sounderarajan, leading her party’s outrage at Vaiko’s charge.
“Premalatha has categorically said that DMDK was not in poll talks with the DMK but Vaiko claimed that. Does Vaiko know more about Vijayakanth than the latter’s wife?” she wondered during a media interaction at her party office here.
“Today, Vaiko walked out of a TV interview in a huff when the journalist asked him about rumours that his PWA had taken Rs.1500 crore from the AIADMK for acting as the B-team of the ruling party. Soon Vaiko will have to walk out of politics in the state”, she quipped.
BJP state senior C. P. Radhakrishnan accused Vaiko of “changing colours for personal gains”. He demanded that the MDMK chief declare his assets now and the assets before he became MP. “He should come out clean on this before slinging mud on others,” he said.
Rubbishing Vaiko’s charge, BJP state vice-president M Chakravarthy said the question of ‘offering’ arose only when the concerned person is up for sale. “Does Vaiko say that Vijayakanth is such a person?” he wondered. BJP national secretary H. Raja demanded an apology from Vaiko “for uttering lies if he knows civilised politics”. “But he will not apologise”, Raja added.
