CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Minister S Reghupathy said AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami has no moral standing or competence to question appointment of the temporary DGP.

Reghupathy was reacting to the criticism levelled by the Leader of the Opposition that Chief Minister M K Stalin is "deliberately" keeping the post vacant "to secure a politically convenient police chief before the 2026 Assembly Elections".

"Palaniswami is now speaking about why a permanent DGP has not been appointed. He has forgotten that the AIADMK government was the one that introduced the concept of an acting DGP to Tamil Nadu," the minister said at a press conference in Pudukkottai on Saturday.

According to him, in 2011, the then AIADMK government appointed Ramanujam as DGP (Intelligence) and acting DGP for Law and Ord

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