Episode 5

The Fifth Episode in KnowAnnathuraiParliamentarian - His speech in the Rajya Sabha in May 1963, opposing the bill for Constitution 16th Amendment.DMK wanted to enter the electoral politics to realise the rights and aspirations of the non-Hindi speaking people, especially of the south.He is often blamed to have been a coward enough to withdraw DMK's claim for separation.Listen to this speech and understand that the demand for separation was given up not out of fear but out of necessity to carry on the mission on a different platform.Had be been not brave, he could not have said all that he had said in this speech.

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