Stalin’s power dream will not come true: Palaniswami

Chennai, Feb 9 : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E.K. Palaniswami on Tuesday said that DMK President M.K. Stalin will never open the box in which he is collecting petitions from the public as his dream of coming to power in the state will not come true.
Addressing a series of meetings in Ranipet district, he slammed the leader of opposition for criticising the AIADMK government and challenged him for an open debate on its performance.
Referring to Stalin receiving petitions/complaints from people during his public meetings, the Chief Minister said: “The DMK chief is collecting petitions. He says he has been keeping them in a sealed box and will open them after coming to power. He can never open the box because his dream of coming to power will remain only a dream.” The AIADMK leader addressed a gathering of women’s groups at Kainur in Arakkonam. He also addressed meetings of party cadres at Sholingur and a public meeting at Muthukadai Bus Stand.
The Chief Minister targeted Stalin over his allegation that the government has not delivered. “He is saying this because he is unaware of what we have delivered. We are advertising what we have done. It is meant to make Stalin and his party men know our achievements,” he said, slamming the DMK leader for questioning the advertisements released by the state government.
Palaniswami once again threw a challenge at Stalin for an open debate on the government’s performance. “Let him come forward for a debate on the performance of our government and the previous DMK government. I have already invited him but he is not ready for it,” he said.