March 11, 2004
L.K.
Advani
during
his
rathyatra
campaign
in
Kanyakumari
district
has
attacked
the
communists
by
stating
that
“when
patriots
such
as
Kamraj
fought
for
the
country’s
independence,
the
role
of
the
communists
is
known
to
the
whole
country.”
Advani
further
appealed
to
the
people
not
to
vote
for
the
CPI(M)
as
it
“contributed
to
the
divisiveness
of
the
country”.
Advani’s
false
and
malicious
charges
against
the
communists
will
find
no
takers
in
Tamilnadu.
It
is
ironical
that
Advani
is
citing
the
role
of
K.
Kamaraj,
the
Congress
leader
during
the
fight
for
independence.
The
people
of
Tamilnadu
know
that
top
communist
leaders
like
P.
Ramamurti,
Jivanandan,
N.
Shankariah,
A.S.K.
Iyengar
and
others
were
in
the
forefront
of
the
national
movement
in
Tamilnadu.
In
fact
it
is
these
leaders
who
were
in
jail
along
with
Kamaraj.
It
is
well
known
that
the
Communist
Party
in
Tamilnadu
was
formed
by
leaders
who
belonged
to
the
Congress-led
national
movement.
Mr.
Advani
should
answer
who
were
the
leaders
of
his
parent
organisation,
the
RSS,
or,
even
the
Bharatiya
Jan
Sangh
in
Tamilnadu
who
played
a
prominent
role
in
the
freedom
struggle.
Like
Advani
himself,
there
is
no
single
leader
of
the
RSS
and
its
outfits
who
can
claim
to
have
played
any
worthwhile
role
in
the
freedom
struggle
in
Tamilnadu.
The
CPI(M)
is
contesting
the
Nagercoil
seat
against
the
sitting
BJP
MP.
The
people
of
Nagercoil
constituency,
just
as
the
people
elsewhere,
will
see
through
this
fake
demagogy
indulged
in
by
the
BJP
leader.