No need for tacit ties, DMK moored to principles

CHENNAI: The DMK has no necessity to have any secret ties with anyone, said DMK president and Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday, rejecting the allegations of AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on a tacit relationship.

“The party was strongly moored to its principles and its stance on whether to oppose or extend support was based on DMK’s ideology,” Stalin said a day after senior BJP leader and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh released a commemorative coin marking the birth centenary of DMK leader M Karunanidhi.

The AIADMK leader had also questioned the absence of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at the function despite being in alliance with the DMK.

Speaking at a family function of DMK MLA KP Sankar on Monday, Stalin, said, “He (Palaniswami) is asking why Rahul Gandhi was not invited?…The function was not organised by the DMK…It was a union government function. One has to understand that first. It is regrettable that the Leader of the Opposition does not have this basic understanding.”