Use spear on rogue jumbo, not jackals, TTV cites Anna

Chennai: A day ahead of V K Sasikala’s return to Chennai, her nephew and AMMK general secretary T T V Dhinakaran urged party cadres and his aunt’s followers to remain calm and not be provoked by remarks of ministers belonging to the AIADMK. Sasikala, a close aide of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa, is expected to reach Chennai on Monday evening.

Taking to Twitter, Dhinakaran quoted former chief minister and DMK founder C N

Annadurai

to restrain cadres from reacting to “insinuations” of AIADMK ministers. “One should use the

spear

only against a rogue

elephant

and not on

jackals

,”

TTV

tweeted citing Anna.

Dhinakaran’s advice on Sunday was in reaction to state law minister C Ve Shanmugham making “a derogatory slur” on Sasikala’s caste and saying she had amassed huge wealth and had undergone imprisonment. A section took to social media to hit back at Shanmugham for his comments.