C P Radhakrishnan, two-time BJP MP from Coimbatore and former State Chief of the party, is a person who is known for economical use of words. As part of the Jan Ashirwad Yatra in Kongunadu region (south west Tamil Nadu), Radhakrishnan declared in all the meetings he addressed that the day is not far off when Lotus blooms in the State.
In addition to his prophecy about the blooming of Lotus, Radhakrishnan gave enough hits of the BJP emerging as an alternative force to the DMK and the AIADMK in the State. Looking towards K P Ramalingam, former DMK MP and Duraisamy, former DMK MLA, Radhakrishnan said that the BJP would make situation conducive for welcoming many senior Dravidian party leaders to the saffron party. “We will welcome M K Alagiri if he decides to join us. There is nothing that separates Annan (big brother as Alagiri is addressed by friends) from us,” said Radhakrishnan on Sunday which has caused a furore in Tamil Nadu politics.
Alagiri, the Madurai based elder son of late M Karunanidhi, the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu who was also the party chief for 49 years till he breathed his last in 2017, was expelled from the DMK in 2014 and has been in political wilderness since then. During the 2019 Lok Sabha election and 2021 assembly election Alagiri lied low at the request of his mother Dayalu Ammal and sister Selvi with whom he enjoys good rapport despite his anger towards younger brother M K Stalin, the chief minister.
“Thampi (Tamil for younger brother), don’t ask me anything as of now. I am not in active politics. Let everything be over and then Ill speak to you in detail,” Alagiri had told The Pioneer when asked about his stance prior to the assembly election,
“I did not tell Annan would join the BJP. What I told was that if he opts to join the BJP, there is nothing in his way to block his decision,” said Radhakrishnan who enjoys a special relation with Alagiri.