Durai Vaiko, MDMK’s Headquarters Secretary and the celebration’s candidate for the Tiruchi Lok Sabha constituency
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The MDMK’s headquarters secretary and the party’s candidate for the Tiruchi Lok Sabha constituency, Durai Vaiko, on April 20, 2024, made it clear that Congress chief Rahul Gandhi would be the Prime Minister of the nation when the INDIA bloc fashioned a government at the Centre.
“The MDMK has been saying it for the past two years and it is also my personal opinion that he should be the Prime Minister. I do not know about the views of our alliance partners,” he mentioned, at a press meet in Chennai, when advised that alliance companions had not but put forth a Prime Ministerial candidate.
Mr. Durai mentioned that even throughout his marketing campaign in Delhi, he had expressed his views on this topic. “I told people that funds would be allotted for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Schemes (MGNREGS) once Rahul Gandhi became the Prime Minister after a change of regime at the Centre. The people were appreciative of this,” he mentioned, after his assembly with Chief Minister M.Okay. Stalin to thank him for his help.
Asked whether or not he would get a berth if the INDIA bloc was elected to energy, he mentioned he didn’t nurture any such ambitions. “I felt like laughing when you asked this question. We have contested in just one seat,” mentioned Mr Durai, recalling his determination to enter the fray solely after the celebration’s cadre persuaded him to contest.
“In the 2021 Assembly elections, I was offered the Sattur constituency to contest in. But I nominated my party cadre as a candidate,” he identified.
Mr. Durai expressed the hope that the DMK and its allies would win all 40 seats in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry because the achievements of the DMK government had been nicely acquired by individuals, significantly in rural areas and amongst ladies.
Asked about his celebration image, he mentioned he not confronted any drawback when it got here to popularising the ‘matchbox’ image. “It is a well-known symbol and people use matchboxes in their everyday life,” he mentioned. It could be recalled that the MDMK lost its ‘top’ symbol after the Election Commission of India refused to re-assign it this image as a result of celebration’s determination to contest in just one seat within the elections.
Mr. Durai additionally mentioned he was additionally totally happy with the help from, and the campaigning by the DMK’s leaders significantly Ministers Okay.N. Nehru, Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, S. Regupathy and Siva V. Meyyanathan.