You have been campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections for over a week addressing public meetings. What has been the reception from the people like and what is your assessment?
We had started off with a public meeting in Tiruchi where we introduced the candidates of our AIADMK-led alliance for the Lok Sabha polls. The enthusiastic reception and the uprising of the people gave us the confidence that our victory is assured. Since then I have addressed campaigns in six parliamentary constituencies. Everywhere watching the people’s uprising show our victory prospects are bright. I have seen several elections, and myself have contested in 10 elections including parliamentary polls. At this stage, from the reaction on the faces of the people I can conclude that they want to ensure the victory of the candidates of the AIADMK and its allies.
On September 25, 2023 at your party meeting you had decided to exit the NDA. But just two months before that you had seconded a resolution at a NDA meeting to face the Lok Sabha polls together. Within these two months what changed? Besides, you had cited the reason that the BJP State leadership’s critical views on your party’s former leaders C N Annadurai and Jayalalithaa? But couldn’t this issue have been resolved by talking to the BJP national leadership?
