Paranthamen blames Sekarbabu for Stalin’s defeat; seeks action

Chennai: Former Egmore MLA I Paranthamen made a direct attack on HR and CE minister P K Sekarbabu blaming him for chief minister M K Stalin's defeat in Kolathur constituency."Is this what you meant when you said, ‘I will take care,' P K Sekarbabu," Paranthamen asked in an X post. He had tagged the post to M K Stalin and deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin.Paranthamen on X said that no leniency should be shown on those respnsbile for Stalin's defeat. "A true DMK worker will find peace only if the party headquarters takes action without any mercy or leniency on the one who failed to pay attention to party president's constituency," Paranthamen said.Stalin lost to TVK candidate V S Babu by a margin of around 8,795 votes in Kolathur segment. Sekarbabu was the DMK district secretary of Chennai North (East), where Kolathur constituency is located. Egmore constituency also falls under the party jurisdiction of Sekarbabu and there were allegations that Paranthamen was denied seat this time due to the minister's interference."How does the person responsible for our party president's defeat appear before him without even a shred of shame, fear, apprehension, or embarrassment," he asked.
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