Tamil Nadu CM Stalin has time to appreciate movies but not realise farmers’ pain: Edappadi Palaniswami

The Leader of Opposition and AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami, connected Sunday (October 26, 2025), criticised Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M.K. Stalin implicit a caller societal media station successful which helium appreciated the squad down the Tamil filmBison Kaalamaadan. 

“The hands of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, which should person held the hands of the paddy, are holding the hands of the cine team,” helium said.

In a societal media post, Mr. Palaniswami shared clippings of his caller sojourn to the Cauvery delta region and his enactment with farmers and said helium could consciousness the “indescribable pain” of the farmers. But, the CM’s hands, which were expected to person held the hands of the farmers, were holding of the hands of the cine team, helium criticized.

“There is thing incorrect successful watching movies and appreciating talented cinema team. But it is concerning to spot that the Chief Minister has forgotten wherefore helium became the Chief Minister and has go a full-time cinema commentator,” Mr. Palaniswami charged. “Has helium [the CM], who was moved by Jai Bhim, taken immoderate steps to halt recurring lockup deaths specified arsenic Ajith Kumar [deceased successful Thirupuvanam custodial decease case] from happening?”

“The Chief Minister has clip to ticker movies from Jai Bhim to Coolie to Bison and to remark connected them. Aren’t you the 1 who flew to Delhi for confederation talks erstwhile torrential rains pounded confederate Tamil Nadu? Aren’t you the 1 who watched the movie Coolie erstwhile conservancy workers were staging a protest? Instead of sparing a thought astir the symptom of farmers, whose nutrient is sprouting successful the rain, you are spending hours watching Bison movie.”

Referring to the decease of 31 quality lives truthful acold successful the monsoon, the former Chief Minister asked: “Did you person clip to draught guidelines to support the lives of radical during the monsoon season? You would not adjacent person clip to conscionable the farmers, the mediocre and the downtrodden and perceive to their grievances. The household dynasts person not realised the symptom of the farmers and the radical and the time they realise the mightiness of ideology is not far.”

Thevar guru puja

On Sunday, the AIADMK announced that its functionaries would wage tributes to the statue of precocious state combatant Muthuramalinga Thevar connected Anna Salai successful Nandanam, Chennai connected October 30, on the juncture of 118^th commencement day and 63^rd ‘guru puja’. Mr. Palaniswami is scheduled to wage tributes astatine Pasumpon successful Ramanathapuram territory connected the aforesaid day.