Stung by Deputy Chief
Minister MK Stalin's reported
remark about the marital status
of AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa,
her party on Friday filed a
complaint against him with the
Election Commission demanding
immediate action.
Stalin's remark was "malicious
and was beyond all limits of
decency", the complaint, filed a
day after the EC issued a notice
to Jayalalithaa for allegedly
making personal remarks
against Tamil Nadu Chief
Minister M Karunanidhi, said.
AIADMK Rajya Sabha member PH
Manoj Pandian in a written
compliant to Tamil Nadu Chief
Electoral Officer, said Stalin
made "derogatory and
defamatory remarks" against
Jayalalithaa in Namakkal on
Friday last during a campaign
for the April 13 Assembly polls.
Quoting Stalin from a Tamil
daily as saying that the AIADMK
chief was not married and so
was not interested in funding
other women's weddings,
Pandian said it was "no way
connected with the public
activities of the leader."
Terming the speech as a "clear
violation of the Model Code of
Conduct," Pandian, who is also
State Advocate Wing Secretary
of AIADMK, demanded
immediate action against Stalin.
AIADMK has sought two days
time to reply to the EC's notice
to her. Jayalalithaa's ally and
DMDK leader Vijayakant has also
been slapped with similar notice
for his reported personal
attacks on Karunanidhi.