I will adhere to my mentor’s guidance: Anbumani Ramadoss | Chennai News – Times of India

Dharmapuri: Anbumani Ramadoss, who has been relegated from the post of the PMK president to that of the party working president by his father R Ramadoss recently, broke his silence over the issue on Saturday. “What mistake did I make? Why was I replaced? I am still unsure about the error I committed,” Anbumani said while speaking at the memorial service for the late PMK executive committee member ‘Kanal’ Ramalingam in Dharmapuri.“The past month has been a challenging struggle. Each day, I reflect on what mistake we made. One name occupies my thoughts before I sleep and another when I wake up,” he said. He said they would handle their family issues without anyone’s interference.He stated that his goal and ambition was to realize the vision of his mentor and party founder, Dr Ramadoss. “My dream is my ambition,” he affirmed. “Whatever my mentor instructs, I have followed. Moving forward, as a son and as the party leader, I will adhere to my mentor’s guidance. That is my responsibility,” Anbumani assured. The Rajya Sabha member emphasized that the “PMK movement is united.” On the issue of reservation for the vanniyars, Anbumani stated, “Our goal is not to position me as the chief minister. Our objective is to ensure this community thrives, for Tamil Nadu to advance and for this community to receive reservation,” he remarked.Anbumani said the DMK govt had failed to provide reservations for the vanniyars. “The DMK, which has not granted us a reservation, is our foe,” he asserted. He said if chief minister M K Stalin had had the desire, he could have allocated reservation to the community.