I have got my freedom and party can move forward: Anbumani Ramadoss
The Hindu
Anbumani Ramadoss asserts independence from father's control, outlines party structure, and future goals in Chennai meeting.
A day after PMK founder S. Ramadoss lamented that making his son Anbumani Ramadoss a Union Minister at 35 was a mistake, the latter responded by saying: “I have got my freedom since yesterday.”
Addressing a meeting of party office-bearers from Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Ranipet, and Vellore districts at a private banquet hall in Sholinganallur, Dr. Anbumani reiterated that all appointments made within the party, including president, general secretary, and treasurer, could only be made by the party’s general council. [Dr. Ramadoss had earlier said he was taking over as ‘president’ while his son would be the ‘working president’ of the party.]
“I have been mentally stressed since the day I became party president. I got my freedom yesterday. From today, we can move forward with speed. At the same time, we will follow the policies and ideologies of Dr. Ayya (Ramadoss). Our immediate goal is to strengthen our party. Our alliance should get a massive victory. Then, we should come to power in Tamil Nadu,” he said.
Referring to letters being circulated for the removal of office-bearers and appointment of new ones, Dr. Anbumani said: “We have been appointed by the general body, and you are the general body. Today, there was a letter saying that Thilagabama has been removed as the treasurer. I announced immediately that she would continue as the party’s treasurer, because neither I nor anyone else has the power to remove her from the post.”
He added: “The president, general secretary, and treasurer are elected by the general council of the party. This is given in the party’s by-laws, which were registered with the Election Commission of India.”
Dr. Anbumani further presented a letter to an office-bearer, who was reportedly removed from the post of district secretary. “Nobody can change you. Only the party president can remove you. Only this letter is valid.”
He further underlined that the decision taken purportedly by Dr. Ramadoss to ally with the AIADMK and the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha election as the reason why the party couldn’t sustain the momentum gained by the ‘Maatram Munnetram Anbumani’ campaign of party, which positioned Dr. Anbumani as the party’s Chief Ministerial candidate. “If we had done the same campaign again in 2019, we would have been in power now. We couldn’t do it then. You all know why...I don’t want to talk about it now,” he said.
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