AIADMK’s Edappadi Ok. Palaniswami mentioned any cadre who labored onerous and remained loyal might rise to the very best place in the get together. File image
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The AIADMK’s interim common secretary Edappadi Ok. Palaniswami on Sunday mentioned that any cadre who labored onerous and remained loyal to the get together management might rise to the very best place in the get together.
Addressing a public assembly in Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar, organised to observe the start anniversary of late AIADMK chief and former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, he mentioned many individuals dreamt that the get together would finish after her dying. “But, the party made a phoenix-like come back. “ He recalled how, from a functionary, he worked his way up in the party.
While the AIADMK leaders worked for the country’s welfare, those in the DMK were interested in their families, he said. “But AIADMK is a democratic party. Any party worker can rise [to the top]. This cannot happen in DMK.”
In the DMK, individuals from the identical household might rise to management, Mr. Palaniswami mentioned. “We should put a full stop to dynasty politics,” he mentioned, and questioned why individuals from a single household ought to occupy positions in get together and authorities.
“If an ordinary worker [in the AIADMK] worked hard and remained loyal to the leadership, he can come up like me,” he mentioned, and criticising Chief Minister M.Ok. Stalin of not having struggled sufficient to come up.
“[Mr. Stalin] he did not face any struggle. His father was a Chief Minister and a party head. He [Mr. Stalin] became an MLA because of that. He became a Mayor, Minister, Deputy Chief Minister and now the Chief Minister,” he mentioned.
He mentioned, in his view, the DMK was not a political get together however a company firm.
