Chennai, March 17 -- DMK Spokesperson Saravanan Annadurai on Tuesday said that Tamil Nadu is relatively a "safe state" and appreciated the police force for maintaining law and order in the State.

Annadurai claimed that the crime data showed a reduction in crime in Tamil Nadu under their govt, contradicting AIADMK's claims as the battle heats up between the two regional parties.

"Edappadi K Palaniswami has been saying this from day one of the DMK government that the law and order situation has deteriorated in the state of Tamil Nadu...If you look at the crime records, the data, everything, it shows there is no spike in the crimes that have been reported from the state of Tamil Nadu. In fact, the crimes have come down. During the AIADMK r...