At a time, when the AIADMK MLAs themselves “were not talking” with Edappadi K. Palaniswami, his claims that some DMK MLAs were in touch with him was nothing but a comic relief, said Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M. K. Stalin in Madurai on Friday.
Presiding over the wedding function of Minister P. Moorthy’s son, he said the AIADMK had split into two factions. For one camp, Mr. Palaniswami’s supporters had elected him as ‘temporary’ or ‘interim’ general secretary. When his position in the party itself was temporary, he had no locus standi to comment on the DMK or its functionaries. Just to make sure that he was not forgotten, he made such remarks, Mr. Stalin said amidst laughter from the audience.
Whereas the DMK was not only strong, but also united. The party’s victories in consecutive elections held in the State was an acknowledgment of this, he said. The trend would continue in the future too, he believed and added only now the people were confident that a working government was at the helm of affairs in Fort St. George, the headquarters of the Tamil Nadu government’s administrative offices.
