AIADMK common secretary Edappadi Okay. Palaniswami. File | Photograph Credit score: E. Lakshmi Narayanan
The Chief of Opposition and AIADMK common secretary Edappadi Okay. Palaniswami, on Sunday (October 26, 2025), criticized Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president MK Stalin over a current social media submit by which he appreciated the group behind the Tamil movieBison Kaalamaadan,
“The fingers of Chief Minister MK Stalin, which ought to have held the fingers of the paddy, are holding the fingers of the cine group,” he mentioned.
In a social media submit, Mr. Palaniswami shared clippings of his current go to to the Cauvery delta area and his interplay with farmers and mentioned he might really feel the “indescribable ache” of the farmers. However, the CM’s fingers, which have been purported to have held the fingers of the farmers, have been holding the fingers of the cine group, he criticized.
“There’s nothing mistaken in watching motion pictures and appreciating gifted cinema group. However it’s regarding to see that the Chief Minister has forgotten why he turned the Chief Minister and has grow to be a full-time cinema commentator,”Mr. Palaniswami charged. “Has he (the CM), who was moved by Jai Bhimany steps taken to cease recurring lockup deaths comparable to Ajith Kumar (deceased in Thirupuvanam custodial demise case) from taking place?”
“The Chief Minister has time to observe motion pictures from Jai Bhim to Coolies to Bison and to touch upon them. Aren’t you the one who flew to Delhi for alliance talks when torrential rains pounded southern Tamil Nadu? Aren’t you the one who watched the film Coolies when conservancy employees have been staging a protest? As an alternative of sparing a thought in regards to the ache of farmers, whose produce is sprouting within the rain, you might be spending hours watching Bison film.”
Referring to the demise of 31 human lives to this point within the monsoon, the previous Chief Minister requested: “Did you’ve time to draft tips to guard the lives of individuals through the monsoon season? You wouldn’t even have time to fulfill the farmers, the poor and the downtrodden and hearken to their grievances. The household dynasts haven’t realized the ache of the farmers and the individuals and the day they notice the may of democracy will not be far.”
Thevar guru puja
On Sunday, the AIADMK introduced that its functionaries would pay tributes to the statue of late freedom fighter Muthuramalinga Thevar on Anna Salai in Nandanam, Chennai on October 30, on the event of 118th start anniversary and 63rd ‘guru puja’. Mr. Palaniswami is scheduled to pay tributes at Pasumpon in Ramanathapuram district on the identical day.
Printed – October 26, 2025 02:03 pm IST