AIADMK chief slams Stalin for foisting false cases

Chennai: AIADMK g eneral secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Wednesday slammed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin for assuming the role of a 'judge' and referring to his party leaders as if they were 'convicts' while the cases were yet to be even heard.

Palaniswami said Stalin's recent letter to President Droupadi Murmu against state Governor R N Ravi spewed venom against his party leaders while the CM made claims on 'unnecessary delay' by the Raj Bhavan to provide sanction to prosecute AIADMK leaders.

EPS accused Stalin of indulging in crafty politics by directing his 'servile' Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) to file 'false' cases against AIADMK leaders, M R Vijayabhaskar and K C Veeramani, both former ministers.

"We have faith in judiciary," he said in a statement and underlined the 'foisted' cases have not even come up for hearing in court.

While this was the fact, Stalin had dubbed the accused as convicts in that letter, Palaniswami said. By doing so, Stalin assumed the role of a 'judge' and described the Opposition leaders as though they were convicts.

Tamil Nadu people were angered over the 'surprising' release of some DMK leaders in graft cases filed by the AIADMK-led regime, he said.

The DVAC has now become a part of the ruling DMK, the AIADMK chief alleged. People would provide their answer to such a sorry state of affairs in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. (PTI)