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“He Has No Work, So He Is Issuing Such Statements,” After MK Stalin Insulted PMK Leader Dr Ramadoss, DMK Minister Sekar Babu Makes Similar Remark About ADMK Leader EPS

November 28, 2024
The Commune

After Chief Minister MK Stalin remarked about PMK founder Dr Ramadoss—calling him someone with “no other work” and accusing him of issuing daily statements— PMK cadres across the state condemned his remarks, with widespread protests for the past two days.

Now, the DMK Minister for HR & CE PK Sekar Babu made a similar statement about the opposition leader and AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, saying, “He has no work, so he is issuing such statements”.

During a media interaction on 28 November 2024 in Chennai, reporters questioned the AIADMK’s Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) criticism directed at DMK’s focus on celebrations while rain alerts were issued. In response, DMK’s HR&CE Minister P.K. Sekar Babu addressed the issue, saying, “You would have seen today’s event, our party’s Youth Wing Secretary and my dear brother Udhayanidhi Stalin, in his birthday message, requested that there should be no banners or extravagance. Help the poor and those below the poverty line, funding education, aiding differently abled people, orphanages, and transgenders. In line with this, today we conducted free weddings, spending one lakh per couple and a total of 21 lakhs on these marriages, including food. How can this be seen as luxury?”

He continued, “If the onlookers’ eyes have a problem, what can we do? Everything looks yellow for the eyes with jaundice. To say it in our leader’s style, ‘He has no work, so he is issuing such statements.'”

The controversy began after Ramadoss called for an investigation into allegations of bribery involving the Adani Group, which was mentioned in a US court case related to the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board. In response to this, Stalin commented, “Ramadoss has no other work, has nothing better to do. He makes daily statements, and there’s no need to respond to them.”

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