Edappadi K Palaniswami
CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday accused Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay of indulging in “dirty horse-trading” to save his govt. Palaniswami dared Vijay to show courage and “face us head-on” instead of resorting to “shameful act. ”
Campaigning for Kanitha Sampath who is the party candidate for the Oct 6 byelection in Maduranthakam, Palaniswami slammed the TVK for forcing an unnecessary election on the public. “A candidate who won solely on the hard work of AIADMK workers was bought off to save their government.
“The election is the result of greed and betrayal,” said Palaniswami, who spared no words to criticise former MLA Maragatham Kumaravel, who defected to the TVK. It was deliberately engineered through horse-trading,” Palaniswami said. Without a tinge of gratitude for the voters or the party workers, they switched sides out of pure greed, he said, requesting the people to “teach them a lesson and make them lose their deposit! TVK is the only party in India committing such shameful acts,” he said.
“This bypoll is not natural. “TVK lacks a real majority. So, they treat our MLAs like children, luring them with candy to force resignations. Trying to sustain a govt by buying off another party’s MLA is disgraceful.
Show some courage and face us head-on instead of hiding behind money power,” said Palaniswami, challenging Vijay, who will campaign in constituency on Friday in support of Kumaravel.