NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, MAR 27
The ruling AIADMK on Saturday petitioned the Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu to not allow DMK leader A Raja to campaign for Assembly polls and direct police to file a case against him for his alleged offensive comments against Chief Minister K Palaniswami.
Tamil Nadu: DMK MP A Raja sparks major controversy, says ‘EPS worthless than Stalin’s slipper’ pic.twitter.com/PJUe8DIeMR
— NDTV (@ndtv) March 27, 2021
In his campaign at Thousand Lights constituency, Raja, Lok Sabha MP of DMK made “vulgar, third rate comments,” against Palaniswami on March 26, state joint secretary of AIADMK’s advocate wing, C Thirumaran said in his plea addressed to CEO Satyabrata Sahoo.
"தரமற்ற முறையில் பேசுவதை ஆ.ராசா நிறுத்திக் கொள்ளவேண்டும்"
மாண்புமிகு தமிழக முதல்வர் அவர்களை நாகரிகமற்று விமர்சித்து பேசிய திரு.ஆ.ராசாவிற்கு கழக ஒருங்கிணைப்பாளர் @OfficeOfOPS அவர்கள் கடும் எச்சரிக்கை!#AIADMK pic.twitter.com/nQ05vxQl9a
— AIADMK IT WING – Say No To Drugs & DMK (@AIADMKITWINGOFL) March 27, 2021
Being an offence under the Indian Penal Code besides an ”election offence” as well, the AIADMK urged the top official to direct registration of a case against Raja. Also he must not be allowed to campaign for the April 6 Assembly polls considering his continuous ”vulgar” and ”hate” speech, the petition said. A police complaint has already been lodged for a previous vulgar comment against Palaniswami and a case has been registered, it said.
திமுக மு.அமைச்சரின் அசிங்கப்பேச்சு. திமுகவின் தராதரம் ராசாவின் பேச்சில் தெரிகிறது. ஒரு மாநில முதல்வரை கொச்சைப்படுத்தி அதற்கு கை தட்டும் கூட்டத்திற்கு ஓட்டு போடலாமா? இவர்கள் அதிகாரத்துக்கு வந்தால் தமிழ்நாடு சுடுகாடாகும். pic.twitter.com/kPnc6UuPl2
— aspire Swaminathan (@aspireswami) March 26, 2021
The ruling party attached a copy of a news report that appeared in a daily on the comment and a video clip of Raja’s purported vulgar comments -which has gone viral in the social media – in its petition to the CEO.
Mind your words, Stalin appeals partymen
DMK president M K Stalin, in a statement, without mentioning anyone’s name, said during campaign, partymen must make dignified comments. Rivals distorted and edited speeches to give it an offensive connotation due to “fear of defeat” and to ensure that such designs did not succeed, party workers must be mindful of words they choose during electioneering, the DMK top leader urged.
