Tiruchirappalli: Former Union minister GK Vasan on Friday formally launched his new political party Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar), billing it as a departure from the traditional high command culture followed in his erstwhile Congress and flaying its style of functioning. Addressing a well-attended rally, organised to mark the birth of the new regional party, a virtual revival of the TMC founded by his father G K Moopanar over a decade ago, he expressed regret for merging it with the Congress, remarking it did not yield any result for people of Tamil Nadu. Moopanar rebelled against Congress in 1996 protesting against its alliance with AIADMK and floated TMC, but Vasan merged it with Congress in 2002 after his fathers death. You dont need to wait for high command leaders (for decisions). There is no need to be angry over (central) observers not concerned about the party. There is no need to wait in airport for leaders who do not understand the problems of people of the state, he lashed out at the Congress, but did not target any leader including the top leadership. Vasan had quit Congress on November 3 alleging that the state units were being ignored by the high command and poor management of party affairs by some of the top leaders at Delhi. He had then announced he would float a new regional party that would fulfil the aspirations of people of Tamil Nadu. Hinting that the hardworking partymen were not rewarded aptly in Congress by virtue of a quota system, Vasan assured his supporters that he will be one in your family who will share your joy and sorrow, and pledged to meet supporters in every part of the state. Recalling TMCs merger with Congress in 2002, Vasan said this effort was mainly done to strengthen the latter in its bid to ensure a secular government at the Centre and that there were no selfish motives for it. However, the merger did not yield desired results as Congress became more Delhi-centric in its approach laying emphasis to save its government and in the process ignored regional units, he charged. These developments led to Congress traditional votebank in Tamil Nadu sinking to a larger extent, he claimed. zeenews.india/news/tamil-nadu/gk-vasan-revives-tamil-maanila-congress-mounts-scathing-attack-on-congress_1506423.html
Posted on: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 11:24:31 +0000
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