Amit Shah didn’t take EPS’s name even once at Tirunelveli: TNCC chief Selvaperunthagai

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K Selvaperunthagai on Saturday stepped up his attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing the Union government of large-scale corruption and questioning the credibility of its alliance with the AIADMK.

Addressing reporters after Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s rally in Tirunelveli, Selvaperunthagai said Shah, while vowing to unseat the DMK, had pointedly avoided naming AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami as the Chief Ministerial candidate.

“This shows the fragility of the alliance. It is not one of conviction but of compulsion, stitched together under pressure from central agencies,” he said, adding that the coalition would be rejected in 2026. He contrasted the BJP’s track record with that of the ruling DMK, noting that in the last four years, no corruption case had been filed against the State government. “On the other hand, the BJP regime has been plagued by scandals from Rafale and demonetisation,” he said.