Addressing a poll rally here at Perunthurai, Palaniswami said the Congress-DMK were engaged in a war of words for about 20 days over seat sharing and connected matters.
Eventually, the Congress party intimidated its ally, the DMK, and secured 28 seats for the Assembly polls to be held in April-May this year, he alleged.
People have not forgotten that even when DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi was alive, the Congress party intimidated and made DMK a “slave” and forged an alliance with it. This was achieved by conducting “raids” while seat-sharing talks were going on, he claimed.
However, his party, the AIADMK, is an independent party which chose to fight the 2024 LS polls on its own.
Now, in order to dislodge the “anti-people” DMK from power, his party has formed an alliance and it is robust, transparent and cordial unlike the DMK-led alliance, he said.
Reiterating the welfare schemes implemented during the AIADMK regime, including distribution of milch goats, he said, however, the Stalin-led government is a “failure model government, bye bye Stalin.” Further, he said: “Stalin is claiming that the BJP will swallow the AIADMK. No party can do it. No force can destory the AIADMK.”
Expelled AIADMK leaders, including O Panneerselvam and V Senthilbalaji are like “demonetised currency,” have no value. They were expelled as they had betrayed the party.
“You will face trouble only through Senthilbalaji and he will betray you; we will protect our party, but no one can protect your party, because you have admitted selfish OPS,” Palaniswami told CM Stalin.
Dubbing Stalin as a ‘puppet CM,’ the Leader of the Opposition hit out at the DMK regime over alleged unabated crimes against women-children, and ‘ganja’ prevalence. “It is the DMK man who is selling ganja,” he alleged, and assured steps to end its alleged availability after his party formed the government following a win in polls.
Targeting the DMK over family-dynasty politics, the AIADMK chief alleged that, “1 family survives by exploiting 8 crore people,” and asserted that the upcoming polls was to defeat that 1 family.
He alleged that the DMK followed family politics, and asked if Karunanidhi’s family was of royal lineage (if it belonged to Rajaparamparai) and whether only they had the entitlement to rule and if an ordinary person cannot become the chief minister.
He claimed that Udhayanidhi Stalin becoming Deputy CM marked the prevalence of dynasty politics and asked if such a party must continue in power.
Palaniswami was presented with a ‘lion symbol’ Sengol-like staff at the rally by a party leader.
