CHENNAI: CPM state secretary P Shanmugam equated AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami’s veiled invitation to the DMK’s allies as an attempt to weave a “web of deceit” rather than a genuine political call.

Referring to Palaniswami’s contradictory statements, Shanmugam said the AIADMK leader often said one thing in the morning and the opposite in the evening. “During the Lok Sabha elections, he adopted a different stance, and now he has allied with the BJP (contradicting his previous stance),” he noted in a post on social media platform X on Wednesday night.

Pointing out Palaniswami’s fluctuating position on the Left parties, Shanmugam said, “Last week, he claimed he could not even see the Communists. This week, he wants to talk to them. We know well that what he spreads in front of us is not a silk carpet but a web of deceit.”

He accused the AIADMK of being caught in the ideological grip of the RSS, from which it was unable to break free.