Tiruchirappalli, May 27 -- A complaint petition has been submitted to the Trichy district SP Selva Nagarathinam seeking action against Congress MP Manickam Tagore over alleged defamatory and misleading statements targeting the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leadership.

The petition was filed by DMK IT Wing District Deputy Coordinator and advocate Murali Krishnan, who alleged that the Congress leader had been "deliberately spreading false information" against the DMK and Tamil Nadu Leader of Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin.

Speaking to the media, Krishnan stated that Tagore had made derogatory remarks with the intent to tarnish the image of the DMK and create confusion within the party ranks. He further alleged that such statements had ca...