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India Today
3 days ago
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- India Today
More kidneys needed for Rolls Royce: DMK MLA's remark sparks BJP, AIADMK outrage
Tamil Nadu BJP leader Annamalai and AIADMK General Secretary Edapadi K Palanisamy have strongly condemned DMK Manachanallur MLA Kathiravan for his controversial remarks regarding a kidney-stealing shared a video on X where Kathiravan, whose hospitals are under investigation for alleged kidney smuggling, said, 'After doctor fee and medical expenses, I may get Rs 2 to 3 lakh. Do you know the cost of my father's Rolls Royce car? It is 14.5 crore. The total operation I've done is 252. With Rs 2 lakh as profit, when will I buy Rolls Royce? I could have only bought it if I had removed all the kidneys from Thirupathur people. My only worry is that no one spoke about me saving 252 lives. No one is speaking about it.'Here is Manachanallur DMK MLA Thiru Kathiravan, boasting without a video, he compares the profit from illegal kidney operations at his Trichy hospital to the 14.5 crore price of his father's Rolls-Royce, admitting he'd need to remove all the kidneys in Thirupattur to (@annamalai_k) August 13, 2025advertisementReacting to the video, Annamalai said, 'This is not a joke. Poor weavers from Namakkal were lured, their kidneys stolen, and the MLA himself admits his hospital made at least Rs 7.5 crore from this trade. Yet, the DMK government has taken no concrete action. Has their functionary Dravida Anandan, the middleman in this kidney theft racket, even been arrested?' Edapadi K Palanisamy advised the public against visiting clinics run by DMK members. 'Don't even visit clinics run by DMK men even by mistake. You may lose your kidney. A group is prevailing which shows money to poor and is stealing organs. DMK government itself constituted a committee which investigated and discovered kidney stealing in a hospital belonging to DMK MLA. Was there action taken? NO,' he said, adding that only the license for organ transplant in the hospital was cancelled, with no arrests made.'The MLA says that for buying a Rolls Royce car, he might have to remove people's kidneys. His car is worth Rs 12 crore. He has admitted how many kidneys he needs to steal to buy the car, which is evident from the speech,' Edapadi claimed.- EndsTune InMust Watch IN THIS STORY#Tamil Nadu
India Today
3 days ago
- Politics
- India Today
EPS says Communists are DMK's slaves, MK Stalin says alliance based on ideology
The DMK and AIADMK traded barbs after Opposition Leader Edapadi K Palanisamy (EPS) accused the Communist Party of being a 'slave' to the DMK, prompting a sharp response from Chief Minister MK speaking at an event, alleged that the Communist Party had stopped protesting on people's issues.'People are facing so many issues. Is the Communist Party protesting about them? Did you protest for the pending pension for Transport Department staff? For farmers' issues? For government staff raising their voice over the Old Pension Scheme? Today, the Communist Party is the only party not protesting for anything, as it has become a slave to the DMK,' he The AIADMK leader also claimed that the DMK's allies, including the Communists, had become silent on governance failures. He further suggested that these parties were being directly or indirectly wooed for future political to the remarks, Stalin said that some were 'irritated' by his party's friendship with the Communists. 'Our friendship is not based on electoral loss or gains but on ideology and aim. This is what has been irritating many. Especially Opposition Leader Edapadi K Palanisamy seems to have a newfound love for the Communist Party,' Stalin back at EPS's 'slave' jibe, Stalin said, 'Can Palanisamy speak about slavery? I only wish to tell him that no one is a slave of anyone here. Communists make half of us, and my name itself is Stalin.'- EndsMust Watch IN THIS STORY#Tamil Nadu
