P. Viswanathan and Selvaperunthagai spar over comments on T.N.’s law and order situation

Former TNCC president K. Selvaperunthagai. | Photo Credit: E. LAKSHMI NARAYANAN Higher Education Minister P. Viswanathan. | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ Former Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K. Selvaperunthagai and State Higher Education Minister P. Viswanathan engaged in a war of words after the former said the law and order situation in Tamil Nadu was not satisfactory and the present scenario showed “films and real life” were vastly different from each other.Speaking to the reporters on Saturday, he said: “The six months of the TVK-led government is a prime example that the dialogues spoken by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay and his action in his movies cannot be realised in reality. They need to find the missing girl in Gingee. Action should be taken in the incidents that took place on Deepavali.”Mr. Selvaperunthagai said: “To whom can the Collector go and complain? The State government should come out with a White Paper on the issue related to the Kallakurichi Collector and TVK MLA.”In response, Mr. Viswanathan on Sunday said: “I don’t know which party Selvaperunthagai is in. I also don’t know which party he is going to go (next). Let him state that. I will answer after that.” Published - November 15, 2026 11:50 pm IST