PRIMARY
COLORS
of M.KARUNANIDHI (
MK)
By Gopal.R.Krishna
1975,
5.00pm: Lakshmipuram IInd Street. 15 minutes away from the residence
of Mr Karunanidhi's gopalapuram residence. A group of 7 goons
descended on this calm street, pulled a man from his house and
started beating him mercilessly. His yelling is heard the entire
street. People were watching, his wife was desperately trying
to save him. While being hit he was repeatedly asked... so you
want to write against MK. After 20 -25 minutes, the man was
left half conscious, bleeding and the goons jogged away. People
were whispering that the assaulted man was a journalist and
wrote articles against Karunanidhi. I was a kid and that was
my first introduction to Mr Karunanidhi. People in tamilnadu
know that its 100 % futile to go to police or attempt to get
justice. They know that tamilnadu has two types of goons. The
uniformed ones paid by the exchequer and the professional ones
hired by politicians. When needed the politician uses both types
of goons to silence the public. People of tamilnadu are hence
a silent lot and cannot afford to exercise the right of protest.
Democracy for them ends after the vote is cast.
Mr Karunanidhi started off his career as a
writer and wrote some powerful dialogues for Tamil movies which
were made immortal by being rendered by the Tamil actor shivaji
ganesan. People who saw the movie “Para shakthi” recall the
power of the dialogues with hair raising awe. In Tamil filimi
style we present, Mr Karunanidhi, his family and tamilnadu.
1. At a Christian convention: At a Christian
convention he said that the word Hindu means robber. The response
of the Hindu community is noteworthy. It was considered a ranting
of an old man. Later one of the most important Hindu leaders
visited him at his home to placate him. MK’s wife fell on the
feet of Shri Sai Baba as if in atonement for the sins of her
husband. Why did he choose a Christian convention to say that?
Was he paid by the missionaries for saying that? May be yes.
We don’t know, but by saying so he played straight into the
hands of Christian missionaries. How Christian missionaries
have used it to their advantage is a different topic. Does that
mean MK is so fragile that for a few dollars he will get triggered
off to shoot his mouth? Is this the way he wants to repay a
Hindu nation which has honoured him with chief minister ship
for so many times. Does he really care for the sentiments of
Dravidians? Would he dare to call a Muslim or a Christian as
robbers? No he wont, reason… it is
simple straight forward fear. He has no fear for
the Hindus as its 100% sure that don’t kill.
2. His role behind the sankaracharya arrest: He
was delighted beyond words after the arrest. He was grinning
ear to ear at the arrest of the religious pontiff. He took a
dig at his rival Ms Jayalalitha by saying that if he were in
power that would not have happened. Even Mr Advani bought that
statement. The fact was obvious for the tamilian on the street.
Sankaracharya’s arrest was triggered off by strong virulent
articles in the Tamil magazine Nakeeran. Nakeeren editor (Gopal)
is a strong pro Dravidian personality. His contention was that
Ms Jayalalitha was a Brahmin and hence not taking action against
the sankaracharya. Mr Gopal wrote those articles to embarrass
Ms Jayalalitha. It was becoming politically expensive for her
not to act. She initiated the arrest. Mr Gopal would not have
written those articles if Mr Karunanidhi was in power as he
would not want to embarrass a co-Dravidian. That is what Karunanidhi
meant. Mr Nakeeran is the same person who acted as the negotiator
with the sandalwood smuggler and killer Veerappan when the Kannada
superstar Mr Rajkumar was kidnapped. That is a different story.
3. Attack on the soft underbelly of Hinduism:
Attack on Brahmins of tamilnadu is a favourite pastime of the
Dravidian parties. The attacks are motivated because of one
single factor. Brahmins are
soft targets. They
do not spill blood. They do not hit back
physically. For a party which has goondaism as an ethic, this
is an entertainment for them. Attack includes physical assaults.
Tamil Brahmin men grow a small pony tail shaped tuft of hair
called as the kudimi. It is positioned in the same place where
the Jews wear the yarmulke. Unlike yarmulke this is hair. Young
Brahmin boys 10 years and above have it. That tuft of hair is
pulled as Brahmin boys go around their duties by the youth wing
of the Dravidian parties. Its simple straight forward assault.
How would Jews react if his kippah is pulled out of his head
forcibly? How would Muslim's react if his beard is pulled out
forcibly? How would Christian's react if his cross is pulled
out of his neck forcibly? The religious orientation of the Brahmins
has another feature called the sacred thread which is worn across
the chest. Cutting it forcibly is another pastime of these MK
hoodlums. In a recent instance, Mk hoodlums entered a temple
smashed the idols and cut the sacred thread of the Brahmins.
Unfortunately if you go to he police, chances are that they
will do the same. So there is basically no rule of law in tamilnadu.There
seems to be a strong message for Brahmins in Tamilnadu. A message
which says that “get violent” or you have no place in tamilnadu,
because that is the culture of this state. While the position
of Brahmins in tamilnadu is not as extreme as what Jews underwent
during the 30’s neverthless its definitely harassment and assault.
4. Anti Hindi agitation & secessionist activities:
He was one of the leader’s of the anti Hindi agitation in the
60s and 70s. He initiated a programme of defaming all Hindi
titles with tar. Now for all the big anti-hindi talk, when threatened
dismissal by the supreme court he mumbles in hindi. Back tracking
is not new in politics but this is at the cost of his dignity.
If he can back track on his anti hindi views which he held for
5 deacades its time he back tracks on his athiest and anti-brahmin
thoughts also.
5. Sympathies with LTTE: He went to the extent
of calling the IPKF as the Indian killing force. He refused
to pay an official visit to the jawans returning from srilanka.The
jawans were made to wait at the harbour in the blistering sun
for hours. The Jain commission which went into the assassination
of Rajiv Gandhi has passed several strictures against Mr Karunanidhi.How
Ms Sonia Gandhi could join hands with a person who had sympathies
with her husbands killers is only for her to answer.
6. His family & legacy: Dad MK was not
a great role model and hence both his sons took responsibility
for goondaism.They carved out territories. While his eldest
son Alagiri terrorizes the southern parts of tamilnadu, his
second son terrorises Chennai. Talk to a man on the street in
Chennai and he will tell you thes many episodes of bad deeds
by his family.
WHAT TO EXPECT
FROM MK
At this age at the end of his life wants to implement all those
things which were favourite to him. Here are some samples.
1. He installed the statue of periyar statue at the entrance
of the famous srirangam temple. Mr periayar was a man without
god. Why would you want his statue outside the temple? It was
to serve as a reminder of the dravidian party’s mockery of Hinduism.
This idea was first verbalized in 1969. He completed it now.
2. Sankaracharya has been indicted in the cases which were filed
against him and one morning the nation is going to wake up to
the news that he has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.Watch
this space.
3. At the chief ministers conference in Andhra Pradesh recently
he said that the central government should take measures to
prevent water problems otherwise it could lead to problems including
seceding from the country. He first conceived the idea of secessionism
in 1965. If given elbow room he would open up the idea of secession
from India. Watch this space.
POLITICAL SPIN-OFF
May be this will give Hindu parties a strong hold in tamilnadu
which was missing for a long time. He has angered a vast section
of Hindus by his rants. Mr Yashwant sinha has said it right
that MK would have been skinned if had said the same for other
religions. ( inferring Mr Allah or Mr Jesus are imaginary characters)
His anti Hindu tirade must be a shock for northerners but people
in tamilnadu has known it for long. His 40 MP seats have given
him leverage over the minority central government. Mr Advani
has rightly said that after the left its Karunanidhi who is
the most destabilising.
Not that tamilnadu doesn’t have leaders. It’s not possible
to be a saint while being a politician. But it has Mr Chidambaram
and Mr Manishakar Iyer. Call it pedigree, or may be this is
what is meant by higher caste approach. These people don’t stoop
so low and have had some degree of class and sophistication
in them which is pathetically missing from Mr Karunanidhi. Having
started his career as a goon there is no way he is going to
understand the language of peace and dialogue which Hinduism
practices. Mr Karunanidhi is a bully... loud outside but timid
inside. His fear was there for all to see when he was arrested
by Chennai police... he was yelling repeatedly... “They are
killing me... they are killing me”.Ms Jayalalitha knew only
that would work. Another example of the goon approach is from
one of his coalition partners. We have the union health minister
Mr Anbumani who is running amok at the health ministry in Delhi.
Every nation, province has had its share of rouge rulers and
fortunately for the citizens history consumes them all. Until
then there is no other option for people under such rulers but
to suffer in silence. India has other colourful political personalities,
but they act within the constitution. This man portents danger
for India.The original Mrs Gandhi i.e. India Gandhi saw him
through and put him behind bars.
Apparently in his world of delusion and anti
Hindu hatred he has forgotten that there is something called
as governance. Take a drive to north Chennai to see the plight
of his Dravidians...whose cause he seems to represent. Civic
infrastructure is appalling, roads are pot-holed, bridges are
congested, sewage overflows, corruption is a norm at police
stations, water supply system is one big corrupt money spinning
business. If it rains, north Chennai is an oasis of sewage and
dirt. Living conditions are close to sub-human.
In the meanwhile his loose talk has managed
to deflect the criticism away from Sonia gandhi and the central
government. Mrs Sonia must be thanking MK within herself and
also grinning to herself about the entire Ram sethu affadavit
episode.Perhaps that is what she meant when said at the UN summit
that "all is fine back home" for the simple reason
she just dosent care. Are we right ?
