Prove that I met Stalin, will quit politics: OPS dares EPS

CHENNAI: Ousted AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam dared his former cabinet colleague and AIADMK interim general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami to prove his claim that he met Stalin at the Secretariat.

OPS said that he along with the party MLAs in his camp are ready to quit politics and he wanted to know whether EPS would respond in a similar way if he failed to prove his claims.

“We are ready to quit politics if EPS proves his claim. The MLAs with me have made it clear on Tuesday. My contention is that EPS ready to quit politics, if he fails to prove his claim that I met the CM (after the assembly session on Tuesday at Secretariat),” OPS told media persons at the Chennai airport before taking a flight to Madurai.

OPS said this in response to EPS charges that the expelled AIADMK leader was hand-in-glove with the DMK leader to divide and destroy the AIADMK party.

On Justice Arumughaswamy Commission findings on late CM J Jayalalithaa’s death, OPS said, “I am ready to answer any of your (reporters) questions if there is any reference about me.”