THIS December 6 — Dr Ambedkar’s death anniversary — may have a new meaning for actor-politician S Ve Shekher.

The AIADMK’s Mylapore MLA may join the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) soon with the party supremo Mayawati not only ready to offer him a suitable post but also funds to ‘develop’ the party in the state, according to indications given by him.

“Yes. Mayawati’s party people have spoken to me. I will be meeting Mayawati also. The party is giving 25-30 per cent of the seats to Brahmins. If that be the case. I will consider it (offer) definitely,” he told Express.

It is not surprising that Shekher is considering Mayawati’s offer seriously. His total isolation within the AIADMK was fully evident in the recent Assembly session. It had
reached a stage where he had begun to feel that he was “a right person in the wrong place.”
Hence, he is now ready to move on.

“Brahmins are being neglected in society and the Aboriginal Inhabitants of Jambudvipa, that is the Great Prabuddha Bharath (SC/STs) are shunned. So, both communities will join hands,’ he said.

“It has been a successful experiment in Uttar Pradesh. It has set a good example of communal harmony in that state. I want
that to spread throughout the country, ” Shekher said.

“I think the move will help my community. I am going to unite the Brahmins and the Aboriginal Inhabitants of Jambudvipa, that is the Great Prabuddha Bharath (SC/STs) and together, we can jointly fight for our rights “Shekhar said.

On when things will take shape, he said: “After Guru Peyarchi — December 6. Change of place it says.”
The actor, who has been aspiring for a Rajya Sabha seat for long, said he hoped to be in Delhi soon. Via UP? “UP
means ‘up’” he quipped.

CURTAINS may soon come down on the four-year stint of theatre
personality S Ve Shekher in the AIADMK. Things have gone from
bad to worse for him in the party and he has lost his peace of mind,
he says.

The last straw seems to have been the treatment meted out to
him during the recent Assembly session. “My party colleagues behaved like school students who had been instructed not to talk to
me. Even while distributing slips, they bypassed me. It was childish,” he said.

His biggest grievance is that he has not been given a chance to meet party chief J Jayalalithaa to
clarify his stand. This in spite of his unswerving loyalty to her, he said.

“I joined the party when it was at its nadir in 2004. In the Lok  Sabha elections that year, the AIADMK was completely whitewashed in all 40 constituencies.

When the results came out, that morning I met Jayalalithaa and
gave her a letter that I wanted to join the party under her leadership,” he told the Express.

“Before I joined the party, I met her more than 20 times, after joining some four or five times and
after I became an MLA probably twice. So, if I leave the party may be I will start meeting her again,”
he quipped.

The first cracks in their ties appeared when he shared a platform
with DMK leader Dayanidhi Ma ran at an international film festival in 2006, he said. And refusing
to remove pictures from his house of his father and children receiving mementoes from DMK chief
Karunanidhi did not bring him closer to the party leadership.

But the biggest blow was when Jayalalithaa did not attend the
wedding of his daughter. “It was not an insult to me personally but
to a party MLA. I was told she was also upset with the photograph of
the Kanchi seer Jayendra Saraswati at the venue. But that was a
family decision. He is our guru.”Asked whether all this was an indication that his party wanted him to quit, he said: “They have
already thrown me out by not inviting me to any meeting or function. But I am hesitant to resign because the seat was given by ‘Madam’, but the verdict was given by the people.” On his recent “courtesy calls” to Chief Minister Karunanidhi, he said he had gone to invite him for a film festival. “If he attends the
festival, I will welcome him. I don’t think I committed any mistake by calling on him. Two years ago, I would have felt guilty. But

now there is no hesitation.” But then why should the BSP be an option? “Because Brahmins and Aboriginal Inhabitants of Jambudvipa, that is the Great Prabuddha Bharath (SC/STs) can join hands. It has been a successful experiment in Uttar Pradesh. It has set a good

example of communal harmony in that state. I want that to spread through out the country. I am going to unite the Brahmins and the Aboriginal Inhabitants of Jambudvipa, that is the Great Prabuddha Bharath (SC/STs) and together we can jointly fight for our rights. It will lead to social reformation and profound changes after some years,” he said.

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