The widening political rupture between the DMK and the Congress came out in the open on Sunday after DMK Youth Wing chief Udhayanidhi Stalin accused the Congress of betraying the alliance after benefiting from the Dravidian party’s support for over two decades, while the Congress hit back by alleging secret political dealings between the DMK and the BJP.
Addressing a meeting in Tamil Nadu, Udhayanidhi told party workers that the Congress should never be trusted again, accusing it of abandoning the DMK after securing electoral gains through the alliance.
He said DMK cadres had worked relentlessly for Congress candidates in successive LS and Assembly elections to protect secular politics and keep the BJP out of Tamil Nadu, but the Congress chose power over political loyalty.
Udhayanidhi said he once believed PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah were responsible for the BJP’s electoral victories, but now felt the Congress itself had become the biggest reason behind the saffron party’s rise.
