MDMK chief and a key architect of the DMDK-PWF-TMC combine Vaiko on Monday April 25,2016
stunned his supporters by going back on his decision to contest the May
16 Assembly polls alleging the DMK is planning to create caste violence.
He, however, vowed to work hard for the victory of the front of which his party is a key constituent.
The announcement stunned his supporters who had thronged to hear him speak from an open-top propaganda van in Kovilpatti as Mr Vaiko had earlier announced his decision to contest from the Kovilpatti segment after a hiatus of two decades.
Mr Vaiko alleged the "plan" was to "create violence" between the "Thevar and Naicker communities" in the constituency.
He said the violence, according to the plan, "would be centred around him", a remark seen as an implied reference to his Naicker caste.
Naming the DMK, he said, "I also came to know that the district secretaries (Tuticorin and Virudhunagar) of the party encouraged the violence idea and I was terribly grieved."
"My heart swirls in pain and I shudder to even think of caste violence targeting me," he said, adding "against this background, since I realise that communal rage will ruin the future of Tamil Nadu, I have decided to not contest in the Assembly elections."
Though his supporters appealed to him not to do so, Mr Vaiko gestured to them to be silent.
He named MDMK functionary Vinayaka Ramesh as the party candidate for the Kovilpatti constituency, which was won by an AIADMK candidate in the 2011 polls
He, however, vowed to work hard for the victory of the front of which his party is a key constituent.
The announcement stunned his supporters who had thronged to hear him speak from an open-top propaganda van in Kovilpatti as Mr Vaiko had earlier announced his decision to contest from the Kovilpatti segment after a hiatus of two decades.
Mr Vaiko alleged the "plan" was to "create violence" between the "Thevar and Naicker communities" in the constituency.
He said the violence, according to the plan, "would be centred around him", a remark seen as an implied reference to his Naicker caste.
Naming the DMK, he said, "I also came to know that the district secretaries (Tuticorin and Virudhunagar) of the party encouraged the violence idea and I was terribly grieved."
"My heart swirls in pain and I shudder to even think of caste violence targeting me," he said, adding "against this background, since I realise that communal rage will ruin the future of Tamil Nadu, I have decided to not contest in the Assembly elections."
Though his supporters appealed to him not to do so, Mr Vaiko gestured to them to be silent.
He named MDMK functionary Vinayaka Ramesh as the party candidate for the Kovilpatti constituency, which was won by an AIADMK candidate in the 2011 polls
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