CHENNAI: Facing criticism for not giving seat to Nagapattinam MLA Aloor Shanavas, VCK president Thol Thirumavalavan said his intention was just to give opportunity to Abdul Rahman in Panruti constituency.
On Sunday, while announcing candidates for eight constituencies allocated to the party, Thirumavalavan did not name Nagapatinam MLA Aloor Shanavas and Tiruporur MLA SS Balaji.
Claiming that he had initially thought of giving the seat to Shanavas, Thirumavalavanm said, “As a principle, of the two general seats we get from the alliance partners, we wanted to give one to a person belonging to Muslim community. Going by that principle, this time as well, we wanted to give it to Aloor Shanavas. But, unfortunately, DMK did not allocate us Nagapattinam constituency. But still, I wanted to give it to Aloor Shanavas.”
The VCK chief said he later decided to give Panruti seat to Islamiya Jananayaga Peravai state secretary Abdul Rahman, as he has been asking for an opportunity for a long time.
“I took this decision. Though it may look incorrect at the surface level, it is fine. I took it as a principle to allocate the seat,” Thirumavalavan said in a video posted on social media.