Delhi Police’s dramatic arrests in the alleged Tirupur terror plot have handed ammunition to AIADMK’s Edappadi K. Palaniswami, who on Sunday launched a full-throated assault on Tamil Nadu’s DMK government. Labeling it a monumental security breach, he portrayed the state under M.K. Stalin as perilously adrift.
Through a Facebook missive, Palaniswami invoked media accounts of the eight detentions, decrying the evolution of Tamil Nadu into a crime-riddled zone now besieged by terrorism. ‘Murders and muggings were bad enough; terror plots are unforgivable,’ he fumed.
He spotlighted the 2022 Coimbatore car bombing, ripping the initial official brush-off as an accidental explosion. ‘Their denialism hampers effective counter-terror efforts,’ Palaniswami observed, underscoring a leadership deficit.
Interrogating the DMK’s record, he highlighted repeated NIA and Delhi Police operations in the state. ‘Why the reliance on outsiders? Where is your initiative?’ he challenged. With fears mounting of 1998-style Coimbatore repeats, he positioned AIADMK as the antidote to DMK’s ‘obstinate’ governance.
Palaniswami’s clarion call: dismantle the DMK to revive law enforcement and public confidence. As this narrative gains traction, it underscores broader anxieties about radicalization and state responsiveness in India’s southern bastion.