India, April 11 -- The DMK on Friday criticised AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami for making "highly derogatory" and "third-rate" remarks against the party's Deputy General Secretary Kanimozhi Karunanidhi.

In a press conference organised here, DMK leaders and Members of Parliament, Thamizhachi Thangapandian and Kanimozhi Somu, alleged that Palaniswami's recent comments reflect a "peak of defeatist fear", as the Opposition leader anticipates a third-place finish in the upcoming elections.

During his recent election campaign, Palaniswami declared that if MP Kanimozhi "continues to believe in CM Stalin, she will end up in Tihar Jail again", in an explicit reference to her 2011 arrest and imprisonment in connection with the 2G...