DMK workers have written to party president M.K. Stalin urging him to take action against office-bearers they allege were responsible for the party’s Assembly election defeat, and to carry out organisational reforms only after such steps.
In their letter, the cadres said committees appointed after the defeat had studied the reasons and submitted reports, including allegations that certain functionaries worked against candidates. They claimed no action has been taken based on those findings, leaving grassroots workers disheartened.
The letter further alleged that the party has been pushed towards a “corporate” style of functioning by relying on strategy outfits such as I-PAC and a “pen team”, contrasting it with the period under M. Karunanidhi. It also accused some district secretaries, state-level office-bearers and regional in-charges—many of them former ministers—of turning internal affairs into money-making operations, including selling posts and allegedly bargaining over constituencies.
The cadres claimed intermediaries in the party and government amassed large sums and that the party headquarters, Anna Arivalayam, had been turned into a collection centre. They urged Stalin to avoid depending on survey teams and “untrustworthy” elements, maintain direct contact with party functionaries, appoint loyalists, and closely monitor developments in every district, warning that inaction could put the party’s future at risk.
