MADURAI:
Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Friday said he will comment on actor
Rajinikanth’s political move after the latter registers his party. The CM said deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam’s remarks about Rajinikanth’s
party are his (OPS) own.
The chief minister was speaking to reporters in Sivaganga, after completing his review of the
Covid-19 situation in the district.
On being asked about DMK leader A Raja’s challenge to debate with him on who was more corrupt, the CM said Raja was a person who was convicted and imprisoned for corruption when DMK’s ally the Congress was in power at the Centre. “It did not happen when the
BJP came to power, we will wait for the appeal in the 2G case,’’ he said.
It was a case of corruption in tenders, where they were given to people of their choice, without following any rule. “Now in Tamil Nadu, all tenders are transparent, and anyone can register their names online,” he said, adding that DMK president M K Stalin was making false allegations.
Asked about the BJP statements claiming that the party would come to power in 2026, the chief minister said, “I declared with Amit Shah beside me that it would be the rule of the Kazhagam (AIADMK) in 2021. We do not know who will be there or what will happen in 2026.”