Erode (TN), April 01: With the Election Commission’s restrictions on use of money power in the April 13 Assembly polls, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today accused some officials of acting like in the days of emergency to defeat the DMK-led alliance.
“To defeat the DMK-led alliance in the coming election, some officials are acting like in emergency period, intercepting vehicles and pedestrians checking them whether they are carrying money and giving troubles to the innocent.
This is like a mini emergency period in Tamil Nadu,” he told an election meeting here late tonight.
“During the emergency, thousands of DMK men were affected and were tortured and when I took it up with Indira Gandhi later, she felt sorry and said she was not aware of such excesses faced by DMK men. She said such incidents occurred due to officials and apologised for the same,” he said.
-Agencies