🔴நேரலை: மதுராந்தகம் இடைத்தேர்தல் சீமான் தலைமையில் மாபெரும் பொதுக்கூட்டம் - அச்சிறுப்பாக்கம்

Summary

At a campaign meeting for the Madurantakam by-election, Naam Tamilar Katchi candidate Poriyar Janakiraman asks voters to support him under the party’s farmers’ symbol. Party leader Seeman delivers the main speech, urging voters to use the election to challenge established parties and support what he describes as principled, clean politics.

Seeman criticizes the DMK and AIADMK for opportunistic alliances, corruption, and vote-buying. He argues that cash and giveaway schemes do not address people’s underlying needs. Instead, he says government resources should strengthen public services—especially hospitals, schools, and employment. He advocates creating work and income through production and development rather than making people dependent on benefits.

He also calls for protecting Tamil language and identity. Seeman says Tamil should be a language of instruction and that people educated in Tamil should have opportunities to work in the Tamil Nadu government, while other languages can be learned by choice. He warns that abandoning one’s language and history threatens a community’s survival.

A major part of the speech attacks Congress over what Seeman characterizes as historic harms to Tamil interests, including the loss of rights concerning Katchatheevu and the Cauvery, and its role in the destruction of the Tamil Eelam liberation struggle. He invokes the killing of Balachandran, the son of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, and presents the struggle as a fight for national self-determination. He also criticizes the BJP and RSS, while accusing other parties of inconsistency in their dealings with them.

Seeman contrasts his party’s ideological politics with what he portrays as personality-driven politics and celebrity appeal. He urges voters not to choose candidates merely for their fame and asks them to elect Janakiraman as a way to advance Tamil nationalism and political change.

Presenters and Contributors

• Seeman — Naam Tamilar Katchi leader and main speaker
• Poriyar Janakiraman — Naam Tamilar Katchi candidate for Madurantakam