Click to play videoChennai: When it comes to the Ram Setu issue, political hypocrisy seems to be the norm. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, who lambasted the UPA Government for backtracking on the Archaeological Survey of India affidavit, is being accused of a similar flip-flop.
The Sangh Parivaar says as Chief Minister Karunanidhi had written a foreword to the Gazetteer of the Ramanathapuram district in 1972 citing the Adam's Bridge as an authentic proof of the culture and tradition of Tamil Nadu.
Advocate and Ramanathapuram District President of RSS, D Kuppuramu said while quoting from the foreword, “It reflects our civization and is a mirror of society.”
“In 1972 he accepted this as a Chief Minister but now he refutes it,” Kuppuramu added.
But it's not just the DMK that's apparently changed opinions. In 2000, the BJP-led NDA is said to have lauded the Sethusamudram project as one that could bring enormous economic benefit to the state.
“The NDA had always said that the project is okay as long as they don't touch the bridge. But if there is one political hypocrite who comes out clearly in this issue then that is the CM of Tamil Nadu. The Centre is part of a great conspiracy to bring total darkness in this state,” political analyst Cho Ramaswamy said.
But will this anti-Ram stand affect Karunanidhi's votebank?
“The Hindu voter is a very tolerant person and that’s why Karunanidhi is able to indulge in hatred of Hinduism again and again,” Ramaswamy said.
While the NDA goes all out to woo the majority votebank, Karunanidhi's single point agenda appears to be the minorities.
By decrying Lord Ram and giving away quotas to the minorities, he has made his priorities clear. But in the case of mid-term elections, this just might amount to political suicide.
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