Entire Tamilnadu is seething with anger at the
moment. Even the opposition leader Stalin who must be feeling elated at the
developments in the ADMK, looked genuine and disturbed when he said that Sasikala’s elevation is anti-people
and that people did not vote for her but only for Jayalalithaa. The sad part of
discourse among Tamils is they have started trolling him that DMK voters voted
for Karunanidhi and not for him, without realising that there is a point in
what he has said and in what they are saying as a retort to him.
As far as ADMK is concerned, a vote for any candidate
of that party and a victory for him / her is actually a vote / victory for
Jayalalithaa. In the recent Assembly elections, both Jayalalithaa and
Karunanidhi made a statement that the voters must think that they are voting
for them only (Jayalalithaa / Karunanidhi) when they are casting their vote for
the candidate of their constituency. The
difference as it is applicable now is that Sasikala was nowhere near the electoral
scene whereas Stalin contested the elections. So when a DMK voter cast his vote
he knew pretty well that Stalin is in the reckoning to claim the legacy of his
father, whereas no one knew that the vote they cast for ADMK would one day
bring Sasikala into CM”s chair! That is where we the people who have been given
the right to choose our leader feel cheated when Sasikala made her bid to the throne with all the MLAs conniving with her.
Drohis with Mega Drohi.
As such what the MLAs have done is nothing short of
back-stabbing Jayalalithaa who had given them the identity as the MLA. If only
we had known or got the slightest inkling that Sasikala is going to usurp the
throne, many of us would not have voted for the candidate standing under ADMK
banner.
Why we didn’t have an inkling of that? It’s because one
of the main planks on which Jayalalithaa sought our votes was that we must not
bring in the rule by one family – meaning that of Karunanidhi. Secondly
Jayalalithaa gave an appearance that Sasikala would remain what she is – a maid
taking care of her personal needs and that all the other members of Sasikala’s
family would be banished for ever – which was true until Jayalalithaa was
alive.
That she was no more than a maid taking care of
Jayalalithaa was reiterated by Sasikala herself in her first ever speech we
heard where she said that she spent her life asking Jayalalithaa what she would
have for eating and when she would leave for the Secretariat. It looks obvious
that Sasikala was not an intellectual friend or a friend with whom Jayalalithaa
could share her thoughts. That sharing might have happened in the past, but
once she was driven out of her house (and taken back later), Jayalalithaa must
have grown cautious in what she could share with her. But a monster is a
monster and how well one may have succeeded in bottling it up, its tendency is
to break open and come out to wreck the havoc. That has happened now.
With the entire group of ADMK MLAs having revealed their
true colours and cheated not only Jayalalithaa but also the people who voted
for them, it further remains a shocking truth that no sane voice is being heard
from the powers that be at the centre.
On the day Jayalalithaa’s body remained in
state, the entire State was crying like an orphan. The sight of Mannarkudi
Mafia around her body sent shock waves among the people. But the tall leader on
whose arrival people screamed to let out their sorrow, gave a consoling touch
to Sasikala and acknowledged Natarajan’s presence. Though most of us were shocked at
that sight, we had none other than ourselves to console that it was after all a
gesture at a sad moment.
Why this gesture?
But are we right in our guess or are we being taken
for a ride by selfish power mongers whom we thought are saviours of our nation?
The ‘Porki’ fame Subramanian Swamy seemed to endorse
Sasikala’s elevation when he tweeted that if Sasikala becomes CM she must
control the porkis. Does he not feel enraged at such an elevation of Sasikala -
he as one who worked hard for removing Jayalalithaa? Or is Sasikala a plant by him as she was supposed to have
been introduced to Jayalalithaa by his friend Chandraleka? Swamy’s silence on
Sasikala speaks volumes of his endorsement of her for the post.
What this man is doing with Natarajan?
For Venkaiah
Naidu, Sasikala’s selection by MLAs is still an ‘internal matter’. It is an internal matter of ADMK when she was
elected as General Secretary. But once she is set to take up Chief-minister-ship,
it is no longer internal matter. As that impacts the entire state, that cannot
be ignored as an internal matter or something within permitted law. If the law
permits such an elevation of a person, then such law is flawed.
But behind these hands-off impression created by the
BJP, what looks obvious is that the BJP is working with an agenda in TN particularly
with reference to ADMK. As Sasikala’s elevation is fraught with a possibility
of ADMK breaking down sooner than never, the BJP is waiting for that moment or
wanting that to happen. This could bring in DMK in to power, and BJP does not
seem to be averse to it. Perhaps the acquittal of Maran brothers was part of a
grand plan. The plan may be to destroy one party (ADMK) now and if possible the other (DMK)
later.
But would that all end up with
giving BJP an edge in TN? Should we undergo a travesty of Dharma now so that
someday a party that mouths expletives on Dharma would come to rule us?
Isn’t Dharma something that must be upheld at all
times?
