BJP national secretary H Raja Friday slammed AIADMK leader M Thambidurai over his comments against the party allying with the saffron party for the Lok Sabha polls and said he was not in a position to take decisions in the regional party.
Speaking to reporters here, Raja said Thambidurai's comments sounded like he was "frustrated" within the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu.
Taking exception to RSS ideologue S Gurumurthy's reported statement that the AIADMK should ally with the BJP to help it gain a foothold in the state, Thambidurai, who is the Lok Sabha deputy speaker, had Thursday termed it "ridiculous."
"When we are trying to strengthen our party, there is no chance of it carrying BJP on its shoulder," Thambidurai had said.
Raja said, "He (Thambidurai) is not in a position to take decisions in the party. If he has a say, then we do not know why he continues to be the deputy speaker of Lok Sabha."
".... his comments have been sounding like he is frustrated within the ruling AIADMK," Raja said.
The AIADMK has indicated that it was not averse to forging an electoral alliance with the BJP for the coming Lok Sabha polls, saying "anything can happen."
Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, who holds the top party post of 'coordinator' in the AIADMK, had said "at the time of election, anything can happen."
Recently during an interaction with BJP workers in Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said the BJP cherished its old friends.
He had said the BJP was open to alliances following the path of Atal Bihari Vajpayee who had successfully built coalitions respecting regional aspirations.
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