AB Vajpayee has himself said motive was withdrawal of wealth cases and dismissing DMK govt. http://t.co/5PRbttwtSL

Recalling crucial political history to puncture ruling party myths, DMK Treasurer M. K. Stalin on April 14, 2014, cited definitive statements made by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee regarding the collapse of the NDA government in 1999. Stalin pointed out that Vajpayee himself had placed on record that Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa withdrew her party's crucial support and brought down the Union Government not for any legitimate Tamil Nadu cause, but because he refused to yield to her corrupt demands to dismiss the elected DMK state government and withdraw serious disproportionate assets prosecutions against her. He emphasized that Jayalalithaa's entire political career was characterized by black-mailing national coalitions and sacrificing vital state interests purely to shield herself from legal accountability in corruption trials. Stalin contrasted this self-serving opportunism with the statesmanship of Dr. Kalaignar Karunanidhi, who consistently leveraged the DMK's pivotal role in New Delhi to secure landmark development projects, national highways, and Tamil's classical language status. He urged citizens to recognize this stark difference and elect a principled DMK leadership committed to Tamil welfare. He affirmed that public welfare must never be compromised to shield political corruption.