SALEM: In a clear message to the principle opposition AIADMK, actor-politician Vijayakanth said no party can come to power in Tamil Nadu without aligning with his DMDK. Amid heightened expectations that he would formally announce the DMDK-AIADMK tie-up at a public meeting in Salem on Sunday, Vijayakanth merely said his priority was to oust Karunnaidhi's "corruption regime" in Tamil Nadu. As for alliance, he told party cadres, "leave the decision to me. I will take a decision without hurting your self respect and the future of your party." He said he would neither be a slave nor allow his partymen to be slaves to anybody.
He described the Karunanidhi regime in Tamil Nadu as the "most corrupt and anti-people" in the history of the state and promised followers that the DMDK would soon be a part of a winnable alliance that can protect the state from `family misrule'.
Addressing a public meeting as part of the state conference of the DMDK here, Vijayakanth made it clear that the party would not continue to contest elections on its own.
"Don't worry about the alliance. I will decide on it very soon keeping in mind the larger interests of the state. The priority is dislodging the DMK regime here,'' he said. The entire gathering, comprising thousands of party workers, raised their hands favouring an alliance that can dethrone the DMK government. The decision assumes significance in the backdrop of the DMDK polling 8 to 10 percent votes in the state assembly election in 2006 and Lok Sabha election in 2009. Giving clear indications that his party would prefer an alliance with AIADMK, the actor-turned politician did not utter a single word critical of the AIADMK leader J Jayalilithaa or her present allies. But he devoted the more than one and hour speech to attacking chief minister M Karunanidhi, who according to Vijayakanth was "the main enemy" of the state and its people.
Describing the ensuing assembly election as a "Dharma Yudh", Vijayakanth declared that nobody could rule the state without his party's support. He also made it clear that he would lead the fight against DMK "from the front". "I will forge an alliance keeping in mind of the self respect and future growth of the party very soon," he reiterated.
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