Overview

• At a Ramanathapuram event, Chief Minister M. K. Stalin labeled the BJP a refuge for tainted politicians and said AIADMK leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami rejoined the alliance to shield himself.
• Stalin accused the BJP of running an indictment campaign by misusing investigative agencies to harass opponents and distract from governance.
• He condemned an NDA delegation’s parallel inquiry into the Karur stampede that killed 41 people, calling the move politically timed ahead of next year’s state elections.
• Stalin questioned the Centre’s sudden attention to Karur and contrasted it with what he described as silence on other crises, including disasters and unrest elsewhere.
• AIADMK spokesperson Kovai Sathyan countered that Stalin is losing control of his government and resorting to personal attacks on Palaniswami.