With the poll date nearing for the Erode East by-polls are nearing, the both the AIADMK and DMK leaders have been taking potshots at each other on the ground as well as online.
After the AIADMK decided to contest this by-election, ensuring the victory of the Congress from Erode East has become a prestige issue for the ruling DMK. Hence, the DMK has been leaving no stone unturned with senior Ministers, MLAs and MPs hitting the ground. Bribing for votes has reached mew levels with voters being lured with cash, food, goodies like cooker, sight seeing etc. Apart from this, the DMK has put in place detention camps where people are housed for the entire day with food being served and money given at the end of the day.
In light of this abuse of people through money and muscle power, AIADMK leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami while campaigning in Erode East on 16 February said “You (referring to MK Stalin) say you have people’s support. If that is true, if you are man enough, let the voters who are confined in the temporary sheds out and then campaign.”
In response to this, on 20 February 2023, the official Twitter handle of DMK IT Wing put out a tweet degrading the former CM Eddapadi Palaniswami by calling him as ”Masculinity Researcher”.
The tweet had a picture of him prostrating before V.K Sasikala.
The tweet reads ”One person has joined the line of people who go from town to town and book rooms in lodges to research about masculinity. He stands on the road and questions about manhood. It is evident from his body language that an angry man will have nothing.”
This derogatory tweet from oficial Twitter Handle of DMK IT wing has made people cring in disgust.
ஆண்மை ஆராய்ச்சியாளர்!
ஊர் ஊராக போய் லாட்ஜ்களில் ரூம் போட்டு
ஆண்மை ஆராய்ச்சி செய்யும் ஆட்களின் வரிசையில் ஒருவர் இப்போது இணைந்து உள்ளார். அவர் ரோட்டில் நின்று கொண்டு ஆண்மை இருக்கிறதா? என கேட்கிறார். ஆத்திரக்காரனுக்கு எதுவும் இருக்காது என்பது அவரது உடல்மொழியில் இருந்தே தெரிகிறது. pic.twitter.com/iGdpExawBj— DMK IT WING (@DMKITwing) February 20, 2023
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