A speech by former Union minister and DMK Lok Sabha MP A. Raja against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami and his mother has undermined the lofty plans of the DMK which has been wooing women voters of Tamil Nadu with promises of providing home maker allowance, free bus rides and cheaper LPG.
While campaigning at Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni from where Udhayanidhi Stalin is contesting, Raja had compared his leader Stalin with the chief minister and said: 바카라While Stalin was born out of a legitimate relationship and through a normal delivery, Palaniswami was born out of an illicit relationship and through a premature delivery. And a doctor from Delhi 바카라 Prime Minister Modi 바카라 is giving a healthy certificate to this premature baby by holding his hand.바카라
DMK functionaries including party spokesperson A. Saravanan could be seen smiling, while Raja made the distasteful comment.
While Tamil TV channels sought to play down the incident by not playing the controversial portion of his speech, the entire speech, which has been circulated on social media, has invited angry comments and condemnation from all over, especially from women.
바카라Making an attempt to attack the chief minister, Raja questioned the chastity of Palaniswami바카라s mother, who is not alive now, which is nothing but an insult to all women. This is no way for a former minister and a sitting MP to speak about the chief minister and his late mother,바카라 observed AIADMK바카라s Anna Nagar candidate Gokula Indira.
Realising that Raja had breached the 바카라Lakshmi rekha바카라 (comments about women) DMK바카라s Lok Sabha MP and women바카라s wing secretary Kanimozhi immediately criticized Raja for his crude comments. Only after the DMK바카라s IT wing raised a red flag that Raja바카라s speech was going viral on social media and triggering negative comments against the DMK, did party president M.K. Stalin urge party men to maintain decency and decorum in their campaign speeches.
바카라When actor Radha Ravi, who was in the DMK, had in passing made an uncharitable remark against actress Nayanatara he was immediately expelled from the DMK by Stalin. But here is an MP who has insulted the very womanhood of the chief minister바카라s mother and all Stalin does is to issue an appeal. Why doesn바카라t he at least suspend Raja from the party or stop him from campaigning for the DMK?바카라 asked Aspire Swaminathan, secretary of the AIADMK바카라s IT wing.
Raja바카라s speech provoked statewide demonstrations by AIADMK cadres who slippered his photos and burnt his effigies. On a complaint filed by the AIADMK, the Chennai police registered a complaint against Raja on charges of breaching election code, indecent speech and attempting to cause enmity between two groups. In an earlier speech, Raja had said that Palaniswami바카라s worth was one rupee less than the chappals바카라 worth worn by Stalin.
The chief minister had responded to that by saying, 바카라Yes I am a poor farmer. I will be worth only that much compared to the leaders in the DMK who have enriched themselves through unseen corruption.바카라
Raja sought to wriggle out of the mess by explaining that he had only compared the political growth of Stalin and Palaniswami and how the latter had become chief minister by shortcut. 바카라My speech has been misunderstood and what is circulating on social media is the result of a cut and paste job meant to create the impression that I have spoken ill of his birth,바카라 explained Raja. Unfortunately, there are few takers for his explanation even in his own party.
