Around 2,000 functionaries from S Seeman‘s Naam Tamizhar Katchi (NTK) party joined the ruling DMK on Friday in presence of party president and chief minister MK Stalin. Around 2,000 functionaries from S Seeman‘s Naam Tamizhar Katchi (NTK) party joined the ruling DMK on Friday in presence of party president and chief minister MK Stalin. (PTI) Seeman’s sudden provocative statements earlier this month about Dravidian movement founder EV Ramasamy (revered by all particularly Tamil Nadu-based parties as Periyar) led to dissent within his own party – a reason they said was in the decision to leave NTK and join the DMK. Noting that NTK was also formed with the ideologies of Periyar, Stalin said that Seeman was being dramatic with inflammatory speeches. “The more you get angry and create drama without a political agenda, more cadres from your party are joining us,” Stalin said to Seeman and BJP. However, Seeman’s remarks on January 9 that Periyar encouraged incestuous relationships drew immediate support from the BJP and the right wing’s proponent S Gurumurthy. Simultaneously, protests by Periyar’s …