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Senior leaders upset at Ramadoss over his speech during Vanniyar conference

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If 1 goes lone by the immense crowds that kept entering Mamallapuram connected May 11, the Vanniyar Youth Conference should beryllium declared a definite success.

However, PMK laminitis S. Ramadoss’ concluding code — wherein helium had hinted astatine “groups being formed wrong the party” and insisted that helium would instrumentality the last telephone connected an confederation — has taken the absorption distant from the occurrence of the league to festering interior disagreements implicit who is apt to wield powerfulness successful the PMK, particularly with the Assembly predetermination being little than a twelvemonth away.

Speaking aft his lad and PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss deed retired astatine the DMK implicit the caste census and interior preservation for Vanniyars wrong the MBC quota, Dr. Ramadoss began his code with a stern informing to the DMK, but digressed towards the non-performance of his party’s office-bearers and “factions successful the PMK”.

“You are not moving hard. I americium acceptable to enactment hard adjacent astatine this age. Our radical are not voting for us. It should not beryllium the case. I volition determine connected the alliance, you don’t person to interest astir it. We are tracking your progress. You cannot bash thing by resorting to flattery from present on. There are alliances wrong the party. You close yourself...,” Dr. Ramadoss had said.

When asked wherefore Dr. Ramadoss was truthful captious of the party’s functioning, giving emergence to speculations of unresolved issues betwixt him and Dr. Anbumani, a conception of 2nd enactment leaders successful the enactment said the wide feeling was that Dr. Anbumani was the future.

While agreeing that determination were leaders successful the enactment who inactive backed Dr. Ramadoss, a elder person said that the PMK’s 2nd enactment leaders felt that, of late, Dr. Ramadoss was “putting them successful a hard situation”. He, however, stressed that the leaders gave Dr. Ramadoss the respect helium deserved.

“We are tolerating what helium [Dr. Ramadoss] is saying these days. He should person ended his code aft the request for [internal] reservation. However, we arsenic partymen, person heard this code wrong 4 walls truthful galore times. It is lone caller to you [members of the public]. We volition springiness him the respect helium deserves, but the enactment is firmly with Dr. Anbumani. After all, a determination connected the confederation volition beryllium taken by the wide council...; and we are a portion of it. The bulk of america volition not judge immoderate unilateral determination taken by him [Dr. Ramadoss],” the elder person said.

Another well-known PMK person said Dr. Ramadoss’ code was “shocking” and emblematic of “old men successful each household”.

“His code was shocking for us. He is simply a seasoned leader, who has achieved a batch successful Tamil Nadu politics. But present [at the conference], helium was speaking astir idiosyncratic issues that had nary relevance to party, cadre oregon the community. The enactment volition person to determination connected with Dr. Anbumani,” helium added.

Published - May 15, 2025 12:37 americium IST

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