PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Monday said that the ruling DMK and “conspirators within” were responsible for the ongoing intra-party confusion. However, he did not substantiate the charge. The DMK wants to electorally weaken the PMK, he claimed.
“Neither Ayya (his father Ramadoss) nor myself is responsible for all the confusion. DMK is the villain. Even within our party there are conspirators. DMK cannot do anything directly and face us on the ground. They want to break the party to win in the elections. They will not succeed,” he said at the PMK’s general council meeting in Kancheepuram.
Mr. Ramadoss had earlier blamed Mr. Anbumani for giving him “sleepless nights” and had termed making the latter the Union Health Minister (2004-09) as “a big mistake”.
‘Stalin betrayed Vanniyars’
Meanwhile, Mr. Anbumani contended that Chief Minister M.K. Stalin realised that the Vanniyar community will not vote for the DMK because of their “betrayal” in the 10.5% internal reservations for Vanniyars within Most Backward Classes (MBC).
