Chennai: DMK organisation secretary R S Bharathi said on Saturday there was nothing wrong in DMK joining hands with AIADMK. His remarks come in the wake of CPM alleging that DMK held talks with AIADMK after the state assembly election to probe the possibility of forming a govt.Speaking to reporters at Anna Arivalayam, DMK headquarters in Chennai, Bharathi said, “CPI split in 1964 and CPM was formed but they are now together. Similarly, what is wrong in DMK and AIADMK coming together after 54 years of split? That doesn’t mean we should join now, but it is not a crime.”He said unlike BJP, they are not political opponents. “AIADMK is like a ‘pangali’ (close relative) to us. Historically, DMK and AIADMK sit opposite each other in the assembly, but now time has brought us together. On seeing this, cadres think both parties have teamed up and they (TVK) are the reason.”He added, “We both speak about Periyar (social reformer E V Ramaswamy) and Anna (the late CM C N Annadurai). But where we speak about Kalaignar (the late CM M Karunanidhi), they speak about MGR (the late CM M G Ramachandran). They are not our enemies the way BJP is. We (DMK and AIADMK) haven’t joined hands, but the Left parties are getting us together, as both our cadres are desperate to save the Dravidian movement.”CPM state secretary P Shanmugam said on Friday that DMK had held talks with AIADMK after the election. Though he refuted the claim, Bharathi nevertheless said AIADMK is not an untouchable party. “On many occasions, CPM aligned with AIADMK and had even obtained Rajya Sabha seats. With CPM’s history of shifting alliances, it is not certain whether they will remain with the same alliance in the next election,” Bharathi said.Asked whether DMK’s high-handedness before the election was the reason for so many allies moving away, Bharathi said if there was high-handedness they should have opted out of the alliance even before the election. “Why were they waiting for the election to end,” Bharathi asked.
