The AIADMK co-coordinator and Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, Edappadi K. Palaniswami, on Tuesday alleged that the ruling DMK was behind the withdrawal of sections of AIADMK candidates from the electoral fray for the urban local bodies and the rejection of nominations of some other nominees of his party.
Addressing a meeting in Virugumbakkam here, Mr. Palaniswami accused the DMK of intimidating his party’s candidates and proposers of candidates so that the nominees withdrew from the fray or their nominations got rejected. He complained that the ruling party, which was indulging in “politics of deception,” was acting out of the fear of losing the elections so that it could win the polls through shortcuts. This was because the DMK had not done any good for the people, he contended.
