Former Minister and the AIADMK’s organisation secretary C. Ponnaiyan on Tuesday came down heavily on the BJP for seeking to grow at the expense of his party in the State.
Addressing a two-day workshop organised by the the party’s Puratchi Thalaivi Peravai for its office-bearers, Mr. Ponnaiyan said even though the BJP was “an ally” of his party, its growth would “not augur well for the AIADMK, Tamil Nadu and Dravidian policies.”
Accusing the BJP of working against Tamil Nadu’s rights, he said the national party had been doing “double-dealing” on inter-State disputes, concerning the Cauvery river and the Mullaperiyar dam. The Karnataka unit of the BJP had been against giving water to Tamil Nadu while the State unit of the national party here remained a “mute spectator.”
