AIADMK's organising secretary and ex-MP Anwar Raja joins DMK
's organising secretary and former MP Anwar Raja, who is the minority face of the opposition party in
Ramanathapuram
, joined the
DMK
in the presence of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister
M K Stalin
here on Monday.
The strongman from Ramanathapuram, who has been critical of AIADMK general secretary
Edappadi K Palaniswami
since the party revived poll ties with the BJP, said he was left with no option but to join the DMK to protect Tamil Nadu from the threats, including Hindi imposition and state autonomy posed by the BJP-led government at the Centre.
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Addressing reporters, Raja said, "The BJP's agenda is to destroy the AIADMK first and then fight against the DMK. Not even once Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that Palaniswami would be the Chief Minister candidate. He had only said that NDA would form the government in Tamil Nadu."
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