Reporter’s Diary: DMK treasurer invokes Lord Muruga to attract votes

The surprise invocation of the Lord for electoral success was the handiwork of none other than the party treasurer Duraimurugan, the same leader who had ridiculed believers once. Campaigning for his Aravakurichi candidate, Duraimurugan said that all four party candidates were named after Lord Murugan. “Wherever I go, I see myself there. Our Ottapidaram candidate is Shanmugayya.

In Tiruparankundram, it is Saravanan. I come here (Aravakurichi), it is Senthil. Tomorrow I go to Sulur, where it is Palanisamy. It is lord Muruga everywhere. So, victory is yours,” said Duraimurugan, taking comfort in all of them being named after Lord Muruga.

Duraimurugan’s change in allegiance did not stop there.  He had even made a spiritual reference to one of the promises made by Senthil Balaji. “I have been elected MLA from Katpadi for eight times, even I have not made such a promise. Senthil has promised 2-3 cents of land to 25,000 people. He is not even a minister. I asked him how he plans to do that and he said that he will pay form his own pocket. No one can make such a promise. It should be the virtue of your previous birth that you people (voters of Aravakurichi) have got such a candidate.”