According to sources the MDMK led by Vaiko, in rearticulating its political responsibility, declared that it would be part of a DMK led alliance in Tamilnadu to defeat the BJP led NDA at the Centre and the AIADMK in the State in the coming elections. Reports added the state level MDMK conference at Moolakarai, which began here on Saturday, to celebrate the birth anniversaries of late rationalist leaders Periyar and Anna, besides MDMK’s silver jubilee and the golden jubilee year celebrations of Vaiko’s entry into politics, passed a resolution to this effect on its key political strategy.
Meanwhile the party’s presidium chairman S Duraisamy led the meeting and MDMK treasurer A Ganeshamoorthy inaugurated the conference. Furthermore the party’s state deputy general secretary Durai Balakrishnan hoisted the party flag in the presence general secretary Vaiko and Mallai C E Sathya, in front of a mammoth crowd.
Further after stating that the forces of ‘Hindutva’ and various Hindu
outfits have become a threat to India’s unity and secularism, the MDMK
resolution charged the Central government with “destroying” democratic
institutions by ruling the State “through the Governor.” Moreover the MDMK
conference passed as many as 35 resolutions including continuing of the 69%
reservation in Tamilnadu and urging the Centre not to permit Karnataka to
construct new dams across the Cauvery including Mekedatu, give up all hydro
carbon prospecting in Cauvery delta and implementation of total prohibition.
