The first consultation meeting with allied parties was held on July 1 in Kovalam under the leadership of Chief Minister Vijay. In this meeting, apart from the Communist parties, Congress, VCK, IUML, and DMK participated.
In this situation, the second round of consultation meeting, chaired by TVK leader and Chief Minister Vijay, is set to take place today at 4 p.m. at the Panaiyur office. This time as well, TVK ministers personally visited and extended invitations to the CPM and CPI parties, which had not participated in the previous consultation meeting.
However, the Communist parties have said that once again they did not participate in the meeting with the support parties led by TVK. The fact that the Communist parties did not participate, and at yesterday’s (Sep. 9) press conference, "Did the Chief Minister answer the question raised in the discussion on the grant demand for the police and fire departments? He has plenty of places to speak.
Not even a single question raised in the Legislative Assembly was properly answered. Minister Nirmal Kumar saying that everyone arrested under MISA are anti-social elements is childish. The Chief Minister said that three files were in hand. Why wasn’t that spoken about?" asks whether the Communist parties are also dissatisfied with the criticism of TVK by the Marxist Party’s state secretary P. Shanmugam.
In addition, the Kuzhiyampாறai tahsildar’s counting of the number of leftists, and the imposition of restrictions on student-youth organizations such as SFI and DYFI in schools and colleges, had also angered them.
In this situation, are the Communist parties dissatisfied with TVK? With that question, we contacted journalist Swaminathan and spoke to him.
Speaking to us, he said, "The only reason the Left initially supported the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam was to ensure that Governor’s rule did not come in and that the Bharatiya Janata Party did not enter by any means.
This was their sole objective. Other parties like Congress and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal imposed conditions such as a share in governance and a share in power. But the Left had no conditions at all.
At present, the Left is dissatisfied. This dissatisfaction began with the effort to draw AIADMK legislators over to their side.
Just as the Left parties condemned the Bharatiya Janata Party’s actions of breaking up regional parties at the national level, TVK is now facing a similar accusation and crisis.
Secondly, the Kuzhiyampாறை tahsildar’s counting of the number of Left supporters, and the imposition of restrictions on student-youth organizations such as SFI and DYFI in schools and colleges, have angered them.
Leftists are on the field in the farmers’ cooperative loan waiver struggle. When Left-backed legislators took up the protest, neither the government nor the ministers even called them to talk. They had received such treatment during the previous DMK regime.
Since they have no share in power, Leftists always express their views freely. Even in the protest by persons with disabilities, their voices were not heard. Because of the support they extended to this government, no solution has been found for any demand related to public welfare. Like in BJP-ruled states, being ignored here as well leaves the Leftists dissatisfied.
At the all-India level, the 'India' alliance is the DMK alliance in Tamil Nadu; within it, opposition to the BJP is the primary point. For the Left, ideologically, right-wing politics is the main enemy. Because of this, the Left is skeptical about the steadfastness of TVK in opposing the BJP.
The Left, which had said it would provide support for five years, is now saying, 'Our support depends on their performance.' The Chief Minister’s remarks about the MISA Act and the TTVK’s stance, which shows ignorance about the Emergency period, have raised questions for the Left," he said.