Avoid squabbles, CM tells partymen

By Our Staff Reporter

TUTICORIN, OCT. 2. The Chief Minister and DMK president, Mr. M. Karunanidhi, even while launching a scathing attack against the Opposition, particularly the Left outfits, which had flayed his party for its alliance with the BJP, appealed to DMK activists to avoid internal squabbles and concentrate on strengthening the organisation.

At a public meeting shortly after inaugurating a building constructed by the party's district unit here on Sunday night, he said though the DMK was continuing its journey along the path laid down by the late leaders, E.V. Ramasamy and C.N. Annadurai, some Opposition parties had been trying to confuse the people, particularly the minorities, by spreading the theory that it had jumped on the communal bandwagon.

Though parties including the TMC, CPI and CPI(M) had been claiming that they were part of the so-called secular front, posters bearing objectionable slogans which hurt the feelings of the minorities found a place at a recent meet organised by the Dravidar Kazhagam in Salem ostensibly to promote communal harmony, he alleged.

He accused the Communist Parties of having aligned with the then Jana Sangh in 1967 and 1977 and later with the BJP in 1989 despite the ``tall claims'' about their secular credentials.

Mr.Karunanidhi pulled up his party colleague and PWD Minister, Mr. Durai Murugan, for the latter's remark against the TMC president, Mr. G.K. Moopanar, at the meeting. Though the TMC had snapped its friendship with the DMK, a time would come when the former might realise its mistake, he said. He flayed the TMC for forging ties with the AIADMK.

The party which had been urging the Government not to delay legal steps against the former Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalitha, had now developed ``tolerance'' towards corruption. He would leave the mystery behind the change in the TMC's attitude on this count to people's imagination, Mr. Karunanidhi said.

Among others, Ministers, Mr. Arcot. N. Veerasamy, Mr. Durai Murugan, Mr. Aladi Aruna, Mr. T. Krishnan, Mr. V. Mullaivendan, Mr. A. Rahman Khan and Mrs. Jenifer Chandran, addressed the meeting.

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