Nainar Nagenthran disputes Sengottaiyan’s claim of BJP’s role in attempting to ‘unite’ AIADMK factions

State BJP president Nainar Nagenthran on Friday objected to AIADMK leader KA Sengottaiyan’s claim that the BJP (national leadership) had invited him to unite the different factions of the AIADMK.

Mr. Nagenthran told reporters in Tiruppur that Mr. Sengottaiyan had not revealed anything to him about the reunification of groups led by those expelled from the AIADMK. He said he suspected the ruling DMK was behind Sengottaiyan’s claim.

He also said that there was no clarity in Mr. Sengottaiyan’s statements. “I cannot comment on the matter lest it be misinterpreted,” he said in Kangayam district after attending a Vande Mataram reading event at a school in Thottipalayam.

Calling the BJP the largest political party “at the global level”, the BJP leader criticized actor and Tamilaga president Vettri Kazhagam Vijay over his purported statement that his party’s main fight will be with the DMK. “He (Vijay) is not even a ward councilor,” Mr Nagenthran joked.