DMK slams TN CM Palaniswami over COVID-19, demands rapid testing

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Press Trust of India Chennai
Last Updated : Apr 17 2020 | 12:58 PM IST

DMK president M K Stalin on
Stalin said, "...it is a rare discovery on class discrimination, he should stop uttering such jokes and instead take steps to stop spread of coronavirus."
The Chief Minister had said on Thursday: "It is a disease of the rich. People who had travelled abroad or to other states have imported it (to Tamil Nadu). It did not originate here."
Stalin, who is Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, referring to Palaniswami's remark on Thursday that the government hoped that new cases will soon be zero in Tamil Nadu, said one does not know whether to "laugh or cry."


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First Published: Apr 17 2020 | 12:58 PM IST

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