Madurantakam: AIADMK General Secretary Palaniswami said that in this by-election, the people should teach a fitting lesson to the traitors who won through the hard work of AIADMK workers and voters, but then switched to another party for the sake of office and by taking money, as well as to those who supported them.
Speaking at the campaign held yesterday in support of AIADMK candidate Kanitha Sampath in connection with the by-election for the Madurantakam Assembly constituency, Palaniswami said: In the last Assembly election, volunteers and alliance party members worked day and night, wishing that the AIADMK should return to power and that it should work for the people.
The people voted for the double-leaf symbol and helped the AIADMK candidate win. But without thinking about the people who voted for them, or the efforts of the party workers and alliance partners who worked for them, they accepted money through horse-trading, resigned from office, and joined another party. As a result, an unwanted by-election has been held.
How can it be fair to buy a legislative assembly member who won in one party, bring them into your own party, keep them by your side, and then introduce a candidate and make grand speeches? This is an act against democracy. The Tamil Nadu government tried to protect those involved in crimes against women and children.
Whenever the cases came up for hearing in court, the government lawyers repeatedly sought adjournments and prolonged the cases. In the end, only after the court issued a strong condemnation and ordered immediate arrest was the arrest carried out.
The people will never forget the infrastructure, agriculture, and public welfare projects carried out in the Madurantakam and Chengalpattu district areas during the AIADMK regime.
He said that treacherous politics must be put to an end, and that the AIADMK candidate should be voted for under the two-leaf symbol and made to win by a large margin of votes.
During the campaign, administrators of alliance parties, former AIADMK ministers, legislators, district secretaries, volunteers, and the general public participated in large numbers.