Tamil Nadu's EPS Chokes Up Over DMK Leader's Taunt: "People Will Punish"

Tamil Nadu Election: The AIADMK has asked the Election Commission to ban A Raja from campaigning for the Tamil Nadu assembly election. It has also filed a police case against the DMK leader.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami, who has been the target of DMK leader A Raja's jibes including one comparing him to "MK Stalin's Slipper", almost broke down on Sunday while campaigning for the April 6 election as he spoke about what he called "hurtful" comments against him and his mother. "I am speaking not just for me... but what protection do your mothers and women have if this is what the mother of the Chief Minister has to endure? You can imagine what will happen if they come to power," Mr Palaniswami said in Tiruvottiyur in north Chennai, accusing Mr Raja of making "vulgar and scandalous speeches" against him. "I did not want to raise this issue but I couldn't stop myself, seeing the women here," he said. The chief minister said a mother occupied a high position in society whether she was rich or poor and anyone who denigrated women would be punished by god and appealed to the people to give people like Raja an "appropriate punishment" apparently through ballots.