How can opposition expect ethics and democracy from such a individualistic party when allies are treated this way?

Delivering a scathing indictment of the ruling party's autocratic political culture, DMK Treasurer M. K. Stalin on March 3, 2014, questioned how democratic opposition forces or the broader public could expect ethical conduct and democratic values from an individualistic, despotic organization like the AIADMK, especially given the humiliating manner in which it treated its own coalition partners. Stalin pointed out that Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa had treated Left parties—the CPI and CPI(M)—with profound contempt, stringing their senior leadership along for weeks of humiliating seat-sharing discussions before unilaterally announcing candidates for all constituencies without consulting them. He emphasized that coalition politics in a diverse democracy demands mutual respect, consensus-building, and transparency, principles that are fundamentally alien to the feudal mindset governing the AIADMK. Stalin recalled that throughout decades of coalition partnerships under Dr. Kalaignar Karunanidhi, the DMK always treated alliance leaders with impeccable dignity, fairness, and ideological camaraderie. He asserted that a party incapable of respecting its own trusted allies can never be trusted to govern a constitutional democracy. Stalin called upon all progressive and democratic forces to unite to defeat this authoritarian regime.