Nagapattinam, April 12 -- AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) on Sunday hit back at Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin over his "slave" remarks.

Dismissing Udhayanidhi Stalin's remarks, Palaniswami said AIADMK cadres are proud followers of MG Ramachandran, the party's founder and former CM of Tamil Nadu and will not accept such labels.

"MK Stalin and Udhayanidhi Stalin are focusing only on criticising me in their campaigns, rather than speaking about people's welfare or government schemes... Neither I nor my party cadres are slaves. While DMK may be a sewer, AIADMK cadres are proud followers of MG Ramachandran and will never accept such labels," he said.

"AIADMK is strong, and DMK is unable to accept ...