Chennai: The DMK on Tuesday sought to clarify party president MK Stalin’s remarks on the survival of the TVK government, saying his comments that the C Joseph Vijay-led dispensation would not last for more than three months did not emanate from any intention to topple the government.
Senior DMK leader and former minister Thangam Thenarasu said there was “no intention to dissolve or overthrow the government” behind Stalin’s remarks.
Stalin claimed on Sunday that the TVK government in Tamil Nadu may not survive for more than three months.
“I don’t need to say much about the kind of government currently in power. When I took office, I said I would not criticize it for six months. However, there is now a fear that circumstances may force me to speak sooner,” the former prime minister said.
“Stalin stated that we would not criticize the present government for six months, and pointed out that the government was running in such a precarious state that it might not last even three months,” Thenarasu claimed.
“When journalists asked leaders of different political parties about this, they said that the DMK leader should not have spoken in this way. In fact, our leader never said that the government will collapse, nor is that his stand,” the DMK leader said in a party statement.
He added, “This is exactly what Khamenei highlighted in his speech and not out of any intention to dissolve or overthrow the government.” Stalin “basically meant that the government was operating under a cloud of uncertainty as to whether it would survive for three months.”
“But seeing the daily reports of murders, robberies, machete attacks, drug smuggling, power outages, farmer protests and sexual violence, how can they remain silent. In this context, one wonders whether the government is capable of continuing even for three months,” Thinarasu said.
He said it has been a month since the new government took office in Tamil Nadu, and during this period, TV and newspaper reports have been dominated by murders, robberies, sexual assaults and drug trafficking.
He added, “Employees of the ruling party itself were involved in various criminal incidents.”
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