Monday, October 25, 2010

[ZESTCaste] Congress always for dalits: Thangkabalu

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chennai/congress-always-dalits-thangkabalu-218

Congress always for dalits: Thangkabalu

October 25th, 2010

DC Correspondent

Oct. 24: Congressmen across the state on Sunday continued to vent
their anger against alliance partner VCK for allegedly desecrating a
statue of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in the city. TNCC
president K.V. Thangkabalu, in a strongly worded statement here on
Sunday, added fuel to the ongoing "war of words" by accusing VCK
leader Thol. Thirumavalavan of lacking political decorum.

Starting from Dr B.R. Ambedkar to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, Mr
Thangkabalu listed the various top posts held by dalit Congress
leaders and wondered what moral right Mr Thirumavalavan, who forayed
into politics recently, had to criticise the Congress that has a rich
legacy of uplifting dalits more than any other party.

Taking exception to the dalit leader's comment that the Congress had
always been riding piggyback on one of the Dravidian parties ever
since it was unseated in the state 43 years back, Mr Thangkabalu said
the party remained the fulcrum of most governments since 1967.

It was uncouth on Mr Thirumavalavan's part to ridicule the Congress
and violate alliance dharma given the fact that veteran Congress
leader G.K. Moopanar embraced and introduced him to politics, the PCC
chief said, criticising an "ill-informed" Thirumavalavan of "not
getting the facts right".

Mr Thangkabalu also accused the VCK leader of trying to overturn the
Congress-DMK alliance, which, according to him, was currently intact.
Blaming Mr Thirumavalavan of trying to create confusion in the DPA, Mr
Thangkabalu described his statements as unrefined.


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