AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) launched a sharp attack on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin during an election campaign rally held in Villupuram over the weekend.
Addressing the gathering, EPS criticized remarks allegedly made by the Chief Minister at a recent meeting in Nagercoil and questioned his conduct and language in public life. He said, “Today, at a meeting in Nagercoil, he speaks. Chief Minister M. K. Stalin speaks saying that I was lying down on a veranda. He has ‘discovered’ that. Mr. Stalin, you always keep saying that you are the son of Muthuvel Karunanidhi. Muthuvel Karunanidhi came on a ‘thiruttu rail’ (without ticket). Don’t we know to say that? Watch your tongue. You are a Chief Minister and the leader of a party. You must speak responsibly. If you speak irresponsibly, even our party worker cannot tolerate it, Mr. Stalin.
If you are so casual about someone who came by thiruttu rail (without train ticket), then what is there to say about someone like me, who was born in a farmer’s family and rose through hard work? Just because one has a mouth and tongue, can one say whatever they want? Don’t we know how to speak? Don’t we have a tongue? Mr. Stalin, you need discipline in speech. You are a Chief Minister who does not even have the courage or strength to question your party’s deputy general secretary Mr. Raja. And so, former Chief Minister Mr. Karunanidhi – if he has imprisoned his own father at home, what will be the fate of the people of this nation?”
“Revenge is Sweet when it’s served Cold”.
For too long EPS kept quiet when DMK & MK Stalin kept calling the EPS with unparliamentary words, EPS was calm and composed then.
But when time ripened, EPS hits where it will hurt DMK ecosystem & Stalin.
EPS said “உங்க அப்ப… pic.twitter.com/aTJkK4SmI1
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It is noteworthy that the ‘thiruttu rail’ anecdote was mentioned in Kaviarasu Kannadasan in his book Vanavasam that was published 50 years ago. This was also mentioned by former TN CM and the then-ADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa.
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கவியரசு கண்ணதாசன் அவர்களால் எழுதப்பட்ட வனவாசம் புத்தகம் 50 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்பு வெளியிடப்பட்டது.. pic.twitter.com/YWtMtwrvSg— WewantAK64 (@butterbiscuit_1) April 5, 2026
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