{"id":28319,"date":"2026-09-24T18:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T18:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=28319"},"modified":"2026-09-24T18:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T18:22:11","slug":"aiadmk-eps-to-vijay-show-courage-and-face-us-head-on-chennai-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=28319","title":{"rendered":"Aiadmk: EPS to Vijay: Show courage and face us head-on | Chennai News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134465798,imgsize-77586,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/eps_campaign.jpg\" alt=\"EPS to Vijay: Show courage and face us head-on\" title=\"Edappadi K Palaniswami campaigning in Maduranthakam assembly constituency on Thursday.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Edappadi K Palaniswami campaigning in Maduranthakam assembly constituency on Thursday.\">Edappadi K Palaniswami campaigning in Maduranthakam assembly constituency on Thursday.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>CHENNAI: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/aiadmk\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AIADMK<\/a> general secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/edappadi-k-palaniswami\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edappadi K Palaniswami<\/a> on Thursday accused Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay of indulging in \u201cdirty horse-trading\u201d to save his govt. Palaniswami dared Vijay to show courage and \u201cface us head-on\u201d instead of resorting to \u201cshameful act.<!-- -->\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>Campaigning for Kanitha Sampath who is the party candidate for the Oct 6 byelection in Maduranthakam, Palaniswami slammed the TVK for forcing an unnecessary election on the public. \u201cThe election is the result of greed and betrayal,\u201d said Palaniswami, who spared no words to criticise former MLA Maragatham Kumaravel, who defected to the TVK.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>\u201cThis bypoll is not natural. It was deliberately engineered through horse-trading,\u201d Palaniswami said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>\u201cA candidate who won solely on the hard work of AIADMK workers was bought off to save their government. Show some courage and face us head-on instead of hiding behind money power,\u201d said Palaniswami, challenging Vijay, who will campaign in constituency on Friday in support of Kumaravel.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>He called out defectors Kumaravel and P Sathyabama, who is the TVK candidate in Dharapuram, for betraying voters within days of taking office. \u201cFor the first time in Indian history, an MLA resigned just 12 days after being elected and joined another party within five minutes,\u201d he noted.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Without a tinge of gratitude for the voters or the party workers, they switched sides out of pure greed, he said, requesting the people to \u201cteach them a lesson and make them lose their deposit!\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Palaniswami accused Vijay of luring MLAs like children with candy and described it as \u201cunprecedented corrupt tactics\u201d just to stay in power.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>\u201cTVK lacks a real majority. So, they treat our MLAs like children, luring them with candy to force resignations. Trying to sustain a govt by buying off another party\u2019s MLA is disgraceful. TVK is the only party in India committing such shameful acts,\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>He urged the electorate to punish the defectors at the ballot box and reject what he described as \u201ctrade-off politics.\u201d<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/chennai\/eps-to-vijay-show-courage-and-face-us-head-on\/articleshow\/134465165.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edappadi K Palaniswami campaigning in Maduranthakam assembly constituency on Thursday. CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday accused Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay of indulging in \u201cdirty horse-trading\u201d to save his govt. Palaniswami dared Vijay to show courage and \u201cface us head-on\u201d instead of resorting to \u201cshameful act.\u201dCampaigning for Kanitha Sampath [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/eps_campaign.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/eps_campaign.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/eps_campaign.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/eps_campaign.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/eps_campaign.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/eps_campaign.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/eps_campaign.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/eps_campaign.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/eps_campaign.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/eps_campaign.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/eps_campaign.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/eps_campaign.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/eps_campaign.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/eps_campaign.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Edappadi K Palaniswami campaigning in Maduranthakam assembly constituency on Thursday. 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