Madurai, Oct. 29 -- Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the six-month-old Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government led by Chief Minister Joseph Vijay, accusing it of administrative paralysis, engineering an "artificial" power crisis, and overseeing a total collapse of law and order in the state.

Addressing a press conference here, Palaniswami claimed the state was reeling under severe administrative lapses, marked by frequent power outages and financial mismanagement in electricity procurement.

"The TVK government under Joseph Vijay has completed nearly six months in power, and during this period, Tamil Nadu has witnessed complete administr...