O.S. Manian denies Aadhav Arjuna’s claim on attempt to forge DMK-AIADMK alliance

Key points

• Handlooms Minister and the AIADMK’s legislator from Vedaranyam, O.S.
• Manian, who is with the camp led by the general secretary Edappadi K.
• Palaniswami, on Wednesday denied the claim of Minister for Public Works and Sports Development Aadhav Arjuna that the AIADMK and the DMK had tried to forge an alliance in the run-up to the formation of government in the State.
• He told journalists in Chennai that the AIADMK general secretary had, both inside and outside the legislature in the last five years, “highlighted vigorously the lapses” of the previous DMK regime on different issues such as law and order, the prevalence of drug menace and safety to women.
• This was why the party and its allies had won in 53 assembly constituencies.