NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, DEC 25
A controversial tweet by the BJP’s TN unit kicked up a row on Tuesday against social reformer, late E.V.R. Periyar on his 47th death anniversary, sparking outrage from political parties, including its poll partners AIADMK and PMK.
DMK President M K Stalin and MDMK founder Vaiko lashed out at the saffron party for the seemingly offensive tweet, which was later pulled down from the state BJP’s official Twitter handle.
Tamil Nadu Cooperation Minister Sellur K Raju said, “It is condemnable whoever spoke ill about’ leaders like Periyar.”
Stalin, Leader of the Opposition in the assembly in Tamil Nadu, said BJP must have pondered over whether to put out such a tweet, only to remove it later.
“Periyar is giving jitters even after his death” he said in a tweet.
NDA constituent PMK also lashed out at ally BJP, saying the tweet put out by the saffron party’s state unit on the Dravidian stalwart’s death anniversary was ‘abhorrent’.
“This shows their deceased vision. This is strongly condemnable,” PMK founder Dr S Ramadoss said on Twitter. MDMK founder Vaiko also criticised tweet denigrating the social reformer in the state.
