TTV hits out at Gurumurthy for sewage analogy

TTV hits out at Gurumurthy for sewage analogy

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Chennai:  17.01.2021

AMMK leader TTV Dhinakaran on Saturday hit out at Thuglak editor S Gurumurthy for his “sewage analogy” while talking about a suggestion to take V K Sasikala back into the AIADMK to fight the DMK. Dhinakaran said Gurumurthy was tarnishing the name of Cho Ramasamy.

Responding to a query from the readers at Thuglak anniversary on the possibility of BJP aligning with Sasikala and Dhinakaran-led AMMK and the possibility of Sasikala and Dhinakaran returning to the AIADMK, Gurumurthy said desperate times needed desperate measures. If a house was burning, one could wait for Ganga water, even sewage should be used to douse the fire, he said, quoting an analogy of former Union minister Arun Shourie. The RSS ideologue clarified a day later, “We in Thuglak will continue to regard Mannargudi family as Mafia and they would turn AIADMK into a family-owned affair like the DMK. Our opinion on them will not change,” Gurumurthy tweeted. Sasikala hails from Mannargudi in Thiruvarur district.

Dhinakaran said that he was reacting to the statement since many people expected his response, despite his initial thoughts of not wasting his time on “blabbering” of certain people who consider themselves as “geniuses and saints”. “Only the people of Tamil Nadu should decide what is Ganga water, sewage and mafia and not those like Gurumurthy, who consider themselves as Gangaputra Bhishma,” Dhinakaran said, adding that he was saddened by the lowering standards of Gurumurthy as ministers have questioned his integrity.

The AMMK leader said Thuglak founder Cho was a political commentator for more than five decades and was known for his strident criticism of the opponents with a sense of humour and without crossing the boundaries of decency. However, Gurumurthy’s choice of words in recent years had tarnished the name of Cho, whose chair he (Gurumurthy) was occupying, Dhinakaran said.