Congress MP from Virudhunagar B. Manickam Tagore has questioned the silence maintained by the DMK, AIADMK and the BJP on the increase in fuel prices and NEET question paper leak.

Speaking to the media here on Monday, Mr. Tagore said the increase in fuel prices for the fourth time in the last two weeks was a big attack on the poor by the Narendra Modi-led Central Government. Besides, the NEET question paper leak had affected the future of 22 lakh students aspiring to pursue medicine, he said.

“Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Assembly Udhayanidhi Stalin, who has been continuously talking about (abolition of) NEET has not even posted a message (about NEET question paper leak) even in the social media. It is a big surprise,” he added.

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami was an ally of the BJP and had already turned his party into a slave of the BJP. “Whether Mr. Udhayanidhi is also following his footsteps is my suspicion. Is it for showing gratitude (to the BJP) for facilitating the new friendship (with the AIADMK)? Have all the ideologies of the DMK been trashed? Is disparaging ‘Sanathanam’ is enough for opposing (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi,” he asked.