Overview
- Palaniswami, campaigning Saturday in Arani, said an AIADMK government would order a state probe into a viral audio and pursue legal steps after the April 23 assembly election.
- The clip is attributed to DMK leader A. Raja and claims Chief Minister M. K. Stalin kept his father, former chief minister M. Karunanidhi, under house arrest in his final days.
- Stalin called the claim baseless and offensive, said Karunanidhi was resting due to age-related ailments, and urged rivals to judge him on his record in office.
- Palaniswami invoked past remarks by Stalin’s brother M. K. Alagiri and pointed to Stalin’s 2021 move to set up the Justice Arumugasamy Commission on J. Jayalalithaa’s death as a precedent for a similar inquiry.
- The allegation is spreading on social media during the campaign, voting is set for April 23 with counting on May 4, and no formal probe has begun because the promise depends on an AIADMK win.