NE NEWS SERVICE
KARUR, JAN 25
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday affirmed his party’s alliance with the M K Stalin-led DMK in Tamil Nadu, saying “we are having a very good relationship” with the Dravidian party.
The former Congress President’s assertion comes amid strains in the parties’ alliance in neighbouring Puducherry and whether it would have a bearing on their electoral tie up in Tamil Nadu.
The aim of the alliance for the upcoming elections is to stop the RSS ideology from coming into Tamil Nadu.
– Shri @RahulGandhi speaks to the media at Tamil Nadu pic.twitter.com/ppSZmKxK8g
— Congress (@INCIndia) January 25, 2021
“We are having a very good relationship with DMK. We have full respect for (late DMK chief M) Karunanidhi, full respect for Stalin ji and we have full faith in the alliance,” he told reporters. Gandhi was responding to queries over ”issues” in the alliance between the two parties in Puducherry.
Tamil women shower their love & support on Shri @RahulGandhi. pic.twitter.com/NVGTz9Iqxb
— Congress (@INCIndia) January 25, 2021
Last week, cracks appeared to have developed in the decade-old alliance between the ruling Congress and DMK in the union territory just months ahead of the assembly polls, with senior leader S Jagathratchagan of the Dravidian party pitching for contesting all 30 seats.
The DMK has also been of late distancing itself from the Congress in the UT, leading to speculations that all is not well between the two. However, Gandhi on Monday said that “the aim of the (DMK-Congress) alliance is to stop the RSS ideology from coming into Tamil Nadu.”
In every single opposition state PM Modi uses CBI & ED to attack opposition. Why has investigation into corruption in Tamil Nadu stopped? Why is ED & CBI not investigating TN CM? What has TN CM given to PM Modi in exchange for this? That is the central question: Shri @RahulGandhi pic.twitter.com/k7RF6B4RRU
— Congress (@INCIndia) January 25, 2021
He alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was controlling the Tamil Nadu government by remote and “we are going to take away its batteries” in the coming elections, likely in April-May.
