Just a day after T.K.S. Elangovan, senior DMK leader who is also a Rajya Sabha MP, expressed concerns over Tamil Nadu Finance Minister PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan’s public rants on social media, the latter once again took to Twitter to hurl abuses at his own colleague.
In an interview with journalist Sandhya Ravishankar, the DMK MP said that Palanivel Thiagarajan gets provoked easily. “For a politician, one must be little restrained. That is what I used to tell him. Opposition will try to provoke (sic) you, but don’t get provoked (sic). Because being a politician is a different ballgame as people are watching us. When we are in power, people expect action from us. Not fight with others. That is what I always advise him. But he gets easily provoked (sic). That is the problem.”, he said.
He also said that MK Stalin had already advised Palanivel Thiagarajan to not be loose with his words.
In light of this, Palanivel Thiagarajan posted a derogatory tweet on Thursday (September 23) attacking the DMK MP without naming him.
Attacking journalist Sandhya Ravishankar too in the tweet, who had apparently reached out to him for his reaction on the senior DMK leader’s comments about him, Palanivel Thiagarajan made a below-the-belt attack.
This tweet which has now been deleted has not gone down well with people including supporters of the DMK who are dismayed by Palanivel Thiagarajan attacking on his own party senior.
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