We don’t believe in backdoor entry: Duraimurugan

Law might state something, but will it suffice? The court must decide it. I would like to draw the Governor’s attention to the same law. As per the Constitution, the Governor has only two duties. He can convene/wind up the Assembly. He can inform the centre if a government loses majority or reduces to a minority. Even then, he cannot dissolve. He can only recommend to the centre.

We did not obstruct the Governor. Did we stop his car or obstruct his meeting? We have only registered our opposition. Waving black flags is a democratically accepted form of protest world over. We have waved black flags at Nehru, Indira and most recently Narendra Modi. So far, the Governor has visited many districts and we have protested there. He invited and told us personally that he would take it lightly as protesting was the right of the opposition. He called and informed us that police tried to divert him on an alternate route, but he insisted on going on the same route where we were waving black flags. Why does he seek legal remedy and threaten imprisonment now? Why did he not say that earlier? Was he unaware of the law earlier? A women professor tried to misguide her students in the state. Leader of Opposition M K Stalin had issued a statement condemning the issue. It was from then that he has been adoring EPS regime and attacking Stalin. The change in Governor’s approach happened ever since Stalin started commenting on the professor issue. We don’t know the reason.

This is not a government. It is just a group, which is being permitted to continue by the centre because it is convenient to the union government. EPS regime was not elected by the people. It has not gone through a floor test. EPS regime is not AIADMK regime. It will not last long.

You and Stalin have reiterated many a time that the EPS regime would fall soon. Stalin had publicly stated on more than a few occasions that the people want DMK to unseat EPS, but the government continues. Is the longevity of the government and so called public frustration affecting the DMK? 

Indeed, people are frustrated by the continuance of this government. Every passing day this group remains in power, people get disappointed. They will express their frustration only through an election. They must wait a short while for that.

What can we do to fulfil people’s wish? The government is surviving by using loopholes in law. Centre should dissolve this government, but it will not. We will neither act in haste nor indulge in unethical practices to unseat them and capture power. We are not interested in dissolving a government and forming one. We don’t believe in back door entry. We will unseat them through democratic means. We will not employ crooked ways to come to power.