PMK to plead for Rajiv killers

Karunanidhi had indirectly supported the call for mercy by stating that he was against death penalty, Ramadoss said. He argued that E Ponnusamy, the PMK nominee in the Union Ministry, did not recommend commutation of the death sentence to Nalini, Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan. Ponnusamy merely forwarded the mercy petition for the President’s consideration.

On the accusation that thePMK sought to work against the socio-economic interests of Dalits in the state, he said he did not understand what exactly the Dalit leaders wanted. Lok Sabha and Assembly constituencies were reserved for SC candidates, and no party prevented Dalit leaders from coming to power by democratic means, he said.