Calling upon Mr. Palaniswami to steer the AIADMK, the party’s Tiruchi (south) district secretary P. Kumar charged that Mr. Panneerselvam had failed to effectively project the “ill-deeds and anti-people policies” of the DMK.
“No committed worker of the AIADMK will praise the DMK as the AIADMK was launched to take on the DMK. It did not go down well with the workers when Mr. Panneerselvam lavished praise on former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi in the State Assembly. It is an example to show that he adopts a soft-pedalling approach towards the DMK,” Mr. Kumar told The Hindu.
Mr. Kumar said no AIADMK worker would also digest the meeting that Theni MP Ravindranath, son of Mr. Panneerselvam, had with Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. It sent a wrong signal to the AIADMK, which was supposed to wage a fierce battle to highlight the DMK’s wrong policies.
