Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Sunday reacted to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader A Raja’s comments, including one rel...
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Sunday reacted to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader A Raja’s comments, including one related to the chief minister’s birth, reported The Hindu. The remarks were made during campaign rallies ahead of the state elections, scheduled on April 6.
“Think about what all they will say if a common man is a chief minister,” Palaniswami said in north Chennai’s Tiruvottiyur neighbourhood, according to the newspaper. “If this can happen to a chief minister, who can give protection to common people like you? What will happen to the women if they come to power? Please think about it.”
Palaniswami accused Raja of making “vulgar and scandalous speeches” about him and said that he did not want to raise the matter but could not stop himself after seeing women present at the rally.
He said that a mother occupied a high position in society whether she was rich or poor and that anyone who insulted women would be punished by god.
“He is also born to a mother but insulted and humiliated mothers,” Palaniswami said, according to NDTV. “Such people should be punished by you. I was born and grew up in a poor family. My mother was poor but worked hard all her life. Now she is...
