Outlook speaks with The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) candidate for the Lok Sabha polls Ganapathy P. Rajkumar. Tamil Nadu goes to the poll in the first phase of the election on 19 April.
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00:00 I don't think Hindutva at any time can penetrate into Tamil Nadu, not only Coimbatore.
00:05 That is what happened even in the last election.
00:09 The same result is going to happen again in Tamil Nadu.
00:13 BJP will be totally routed out of Tamil Nadu, even this time.
00:26 Even in Mettupalayam, which is supposed to be a sensitive area,
00:30 where the Muslim minority population is a bigger pocket,
00:36 even there they conducted a road show.
00:39 But it was not that much effective.
00:42 Even in Coimbatore it was not a success for them.
00:45 Modi's visit totally was not a success.
00:47 Coimbatore is basically multifaceted actually.
00:55 Once it was called the Manchester of South India.
00:58 And next to Chennai it is an industrial hub, educational hub and medical hub also.
01:05 We have some good hospitals.
01:07 In spite of all these things, we are very peace-loving people.
01:15 We don't like people making much noise over here.
01:20 We mind our own business.
01:22 That is what Coimbatore is.
01:24 Even the language is very respectable, the language we use actually.
01:28 It's mainly because of social media.
01:36 Not practically, not in the reality, not in the ground.
01:41 They don't have the party structure.
01:43 They are very noisy in social media. That's it.
01:47 North Indian media actually doesn't know about the real ground situation here.
01:52 So that's why they think whenever they see it in social media,
01:57 they think they are very much powerful or maybe they are very much present here.
02:01 But it is quite opposite here.
02:04 Even BJP party is aggressive.
02:09 The same thing is like that. His character is also very aggressive.
02:13 Even he is at times threatening the press people also.
02:18 Even if you ask some questions, you get a threat as an answer.
02:22 You might see in the picture also.
02:24 So that will not work in Coimbatore.
02:27 There are some ideas coming out from the social media.
02:35 Some youngsters are speaking about that.
02:37 But that has not changed the way it is in Tamil Nadu.
02:41 Because Dravidian model is well suited for Tamil Nadu.
02:45 Hindutva is not suited for Tamil Nadu.
02:48 Because Hindutva is nothing but divide and rule.
02:52 Actually we people are very intelligent.
03:00 What I am telling is, we also worship.
03:03 We are God fearing.
03:05 But that is different. Politics is different.
03:08 Life is different here.
03:10 So it has not changed the ideology of the party and the people.
03:16 He doesn't come here when we are in trouble.
03:22 When Tamil Nadu needs the most during natural disasters, he doesn't come.
03:28 But now he comes only to get votes for his candidates.
03:33 That is the reason.
03:35 So even that the people are very much particularly noting it.
03:40 He is not cared about Tamil Nadu or South India in other times when the people need him.
03:48 Whatever it is, they are trying to penetrate Tamil Nadu.
03:55 I think that is worrying them very much.
03:58 That is not even a single seat in the past many years.
04:00 So they want very much their presence in Tamil Nadu.
04:04 And also they say they will be getting less number of seats in North India.
04:10 The problem is we want to be a bit independent.
04:15 That is South India. I am talking about entire South India.
04:19 We want to be independent.
04:21 But what they are doing in spite of that, they are taking back all the powers slowly.
04:26 For example NEET.
04:28 NEET is another form of getting away from the state actually.
04:32 So that is the basic policy of Dravidian rule actually.
04:36 We are India but we want an independent state.
04:41 So that is why because we remained as an independent state,
04:46 that is why we are that much developed sort of states here.
04:52 For example, for education, school education, we are spending more than 30,000 crores per annum.
04:57 Education wise, health wise, that is all possible because we are independent.
05:04 But they are slowly taking away all the powers from the state.
05:08 So that is also not acceptable for the South Indian people totally.
05:13 The basic problem, not a problem, basic why we are contesting in DMK is
05:25 we don't have any MLAs here. Not even one.
05:29 So we want a representative for administrative purposes and for any other purpose.
05:35 We want a representative.
05:37 So this is a very good golden chance we found that we can have a representative
05:42 and we know very fairly well the schemes of the Chief Minister has reached the people,
05:49 to the root level of the people.
05:51 You can come and see with us during the campaign, how the people receive us,
05:55 how they welcome us, especially the women folk.
05:58 So we are very, very confident, we are very comfortable.
06:01 No anti-incumbency.
06:03 Even I was surprised, not even a single complaint.
06:06 Minority people usually they stand with the DMK.
06:10 In this juncture, in this battle, this is more than 100%.
06:20 After the demise of JLLUTA, entire scenario has changed in ADMK.
06:26 That is supposed to be, they are considered as the team B of BJP.
06:30 It is BJP's B team.
06:32 So no use talking about ADMK at present juncture.
06:36 That's gone case. That's over.
06:39 Now they seem to be fighting against each other, but after the elections,
06:44 again they will have this thing, a pact and understanding.
06:48 What is your view on the politics of the BJP?
06:52 Politics, it interested me, it attracted me.
06:56 So it started, I climbed the ladder in the proper way.
07:01 From the students wing, youth wing, then party.
07:04 I was the youngest mayor, I think, in Coimbatore.
07:07 What is your view on the politics of the BJP?