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HC tells DMK chief to observe self-restraint while criticizing others, #ShutUpStalin trends on Twitter

December 15, 2020
The Commune

On Monday, the Madras High Court while quashing the three defamation cases moved against DMK chief MK Stalin by the AIADMK government, said that politicians should maintain self-restraint while criticising others.

Justice N Sathish Kumar while hearing the plea moved by M.K. Stalin who had challenged the government’s slapping of defamation cases on him, also said that the quashing of criminal cases does not give politicians the license to blatantly accuse others without material evidence.

The DMK chief had moved the Madras High Court challenging the complaint made by the AIADMK government for his derogatory remarks against Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami connecting him in the Kodanad estate robbery and murder case.

Public Prosecutor A Natarajan submitted to the court that the DMK chief was making baseless allegations against the CM despite the court passing restraining orders.

Making note of the submissions, the court said that people like the petitioners who are lawmakers, should exercise self-restraint while making statements in public.

Following the order of the Madras High Court, the hashtag #ShutUpStalin started trending on Twitter.

The DMK leader have been resorting to making distasteful remarks in public against the Chief Minister Palaniswami in the run up to the elections. Recently, in a rally organized by the DMK against the farm laws, MK Stalin made a sexist comment where he questioned the ‘potency’ of CM Palaniswami. Apart from Stalin, DMK MP and one of the prime accused in the 2G spectrum scam A. Raja had used unparliamentary words and called Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami in singular terms in the last few press meets. He had said that Mr. Palaniswami became CM by crawling and licking Sasikala’s feet and had said that he does not have any ‘qualities’ to be CM. In one of the press meet, Raja said that CM Palaniswami by commenting on 2G case only spat but also threw feces upon himself adding that CM Palaniswami was ‘washing the butts’ of the BJP.

Since then, the DMK and the AIADMK has been exchanging barbs against each other.