AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa kicked off her election campaign here on Saturday, urging the electorate to teach the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led alliance a fitting lesson by supporting the AIADMK combine, for taking Tamil Nadu and the nation to greater heights.
Ms.Jayalalithaa, who addressed the public for about 40 minutes, devoted nearly 20 minutes for the Sri Lankan issue.
“After the Congress-led government came to power in 2004, the Centre, surviving on the support of the DMK, provided all support to the Sri Lankan army, including training, arms and ammunition and financial assistance, which is being used to wipe out Tamils in the island nation. We, the AIADMK and its allies, have exposed these disturbing designs of the Congress and the DMK before the people of Tamil Nadu, who have understood that Mr. Karunanidhi’s outward show expressing support for the suffering Sri Lankan Tamils is nothing but a drama,” she alleged.
Tamil Eelam alone would be the solution if the Sri Lankan government was not prepared to recognise an autonomous Tamil State. The case filed by the AIADMK in the Supreme Court on Katchatheevu to win back the rights of Tamil fishermen would ensure a reasonable and everlasting solution.
“You gave the DMK and the Congress victory in all 40 Parliamentary constituencies in 2004. While Mr.Karunanidhi is according the highest priority to ensure the well being of only his family members in the past five years, leaving Tamil Nadu in the lurch, the Union government has failed on all fronts. This is a golden opportunity given to you. Hence teach a fitting lesson to Mr.Karunanidhi and the Congress on May 13,” she said.
She came down heavily on the DMK government for undeclared power cuts, poor law and order situation, illegal sand mining, smuggling of rice meant for the public distribution system, unemployment and rise in activities of fundamentalists.
