CHENNAI: In retaliation to Seeman's jibe at Periyar EV Ramasamy and others denigrating the rationalist leader, Minister for Water Resources and DMK general secretary Duraimurugan said that those slandering Periyar are lowlives.
Speaking at a function organised at DMK headquarters, Anna Arivalayam to welcome over 3,000 members of the other parties, mostly NTK, Duraimurugan said, "If not for Periyar, I would have been roaming around wearing a loincloth. We are smart and educated now because of Periyar. Those slandering against Periyar are lowlives."
Duraimurugan's comments come against the backdrop of NTK leader Seeman making controversial statements and reportedly misquoting Periyar on more than a few occasions in the recent past. Apart from refusing to back down even after leaders of the Dravidian movement provided evidence to disprove his claims, Seeman has been insisting that there were fundamental flaws in Periyar.
The NTK leader insisted that he would produce evidence to validate his claims in the court hearing of a related case.