Chennai: A war of words is happening between Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and DMK president M K Stalin, with both leveling charges and counter-charges during their election campaigns.
Hitting out at Stalin for his Chief Ministerial aspirations, Palaniswami on Thursday wondered if the post was something that could be purchased from a shop and said it has to be decided by the people.
Noting that he hailed from a humble rural background to scale the present heights, the Chief Minister said Stalin’s case was not so, indicating he grew with the support of his father, the late DMK chief M Karunanidhi.
Meanwhile, Stalin on Thursday said the ensuing election to State Assembly is not just for a change of guard, but to teach a lesson to the ‘fascist’ Bharatiya Janata Party and its ‘slave’ All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
Addressing a ‘political awakening’ conference organised by Communist Party of India, Stalin said the election was for bringing about an ideological change.
The Secular Progressive Alliance led by the DMK was not for election but for ideology, whereas the alliance of the AIADMK was for mutually saving each other, he added.