DMK's open backing to Tamil separatist Thirumurugan Gandhi and its attack on Maridhas has left a bad taste in the mouth of Tamil youth
DMK's open backing to Tamil separatist Thirumurugan Gandhi and its attack on Maridhas has left a bad taste in the mouth of Tamil youth
Social commentator Maridhas, who airs his views through his Youtube channels is a staunch critic of DMK. He consistently post videos criticizing DMK in a factual way. He is also a strong supporter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and actor Rajinikanth, who announced his political entry few months before.
Maridhas in his recent Youtube video titled “திமுக பாகிஸ்தான் உடன் தொடர்புள்ள கட்சி? : Maridhas | Is DMK Influenced by Pakistan?” had exposed the nexus between Tamil Nadu fringe groups such as May 17 movement headed by Thirumurugan Gandhi, who is known for his separatist views, and the lottery agent Martin, whose premises were raided by IT officials few months back.
Maridhas told that this nexus between May 17 movement and Martin Company is similar to the nexus between Hurriyat groups and Dawood Ibrahim’s D-Company in Kashmir. Kashmir political parties such as Omar Abdullah’s Jammu and Kashmir National Conference and Mehbooba Mufti’s People’s Democratic Party had displayed open support to the Hurriyat and Separatist leaders, which was a major reason for the disruption of peace in the former state of Jammu and Kashmir. Terror activities had seen a major rise in the former state of Jammu and Kashmir due to this support given by top politicians.
Maridhas had raised a doubt in his video about the
possibility of DMK playing a similar role like Kashmir parties by showing
support to the Tamil Separatist organizations. It should be noted that DMK
during its initial stages demanded for separating southern states from the
Indian union and had backtracked from this stand after the 16th
amendment of constitution, which was also famously called as “anti-secession
bill” that was designed to prevent local political leaders in different regions
within India from using the electoral process to peacefully propagate secession
from the Union. Present DMK president
Stalin made a statement last year saying that he would welcome the idea of
Dravidanadu, a separate federation of southern states separate from the Union
of India, if such a situation arises.