PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Tuesday said his party had bid farewell to both the Dravidian parties who have ruled the State for the last 57 years and the PMK was now keen on a change.
“We had carried both the Dravidian majors on our shoulders and made them the Chief Minister,” he claimed while canvassing votes for the Lok Sabha polls in Cuddalore. “All along, the PMK had been submitting demands with both the parties including introduction of 10.5 % internal reservation for Vanniyars, the need to conduct a caste census in the State, total prohibition, construction of check dams and to ensure remunerative prices for farmers. All this is enough for us,” Mr. Anbumani said.
Taking strong exception to AIADMK general secretary Edapapdi K. Palaniswami’s criticism that the party had exited the alliance after the introduction of 10.5 % reservation for Vanniyars, Mr. Anbumani said the party was not mortgaged to the AIADMK through a bond. The PMK was started with the objective to establish its rule in the State and it had had enough supporting the two Dravidian majors in coming to power, he said.
