I have been directly affected by the internal politics led by strategist Jhon Arockiasamy. I have raised my concerns at multiple levels within the party regarding certain strategic and structural issues. However, every time I voiced these concerns, a particular group within the IT wing began targeting and abusing me continuously seemingly to protect him. For the past one year, coordinated efforts have been made to label me as “ADMK IT wing” simply because I questioned internal functioning. Each time this happened, I documented and reported it within the party structure. Now, a woman named Sushmitha has come forward with a write-up defending the strategist. In all my years of journalism, I have never witnessed a situation where a party wing openly attacks and abuses a woman just to shield a strategist from accountability. Ironically, this same person had earlier spoken to me multiple times expressing concerns about the very same strategist and certain district-level leadership, including the Salem district secretary and team. She had even requested my help to raise those concerns internally. It is disappointing to see how internal attacks are normalized when someone questions strategy, while those who align with certain power groups suddenly receive importance and support. I have ignored these coordinated attacks for a long time. But going forward, I will not remain silent. I will call out targeted harassment and organized defamation wherever it happens. Questioning strategy is not betrayal. Internal accountability is not opposition. Cont.,👇🏻