EPS ridicules Stalin’s ‘Version 2.0 loading’ remark, says AIADMK will win 2026 TN polls

AIADMK general secretary and Tamil Nadu Leader of Opposition, Edappadi K Palaniswami, on Tuesday mocked Chief Minister MK Stalin's "Version 2.0 loading" remarks made in the context of the 2026 state elections, questioning the CM on a number of issues, including women's safety and said the DMK will be shown the door in the hustings next year.

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Palaniswami referred to incidents like the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy last year that left about 60 persons dead, the Anna University women student sexual assault, the Vengaivayal incident where human faeces were mixed in an overhead water tank largely catering to SC families, and also slammed the ruling DMK over the prevalence of drugs in the state.

He also took an apparent swipe at the DMK over the arrest of ex-minister V Senthil Balaji by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a cash-for-jobs scam in 2023. In the elections next year, people will say "Bye Bye Stalin," Palaniswami said in a post on 'X.' "There is only one version in 2026that is the #TN_AIADMK version,” the former CM said.