Why is DMK frightened of TN CM's visit to Karur, asks Minister Nirmal Kumar

Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), Jul 7 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Minister C T R Nirmal Kumar on Tuesday criticised the DMK for objecting to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay's visit to Karur and remarked that the opposition party was getting frightened of his proposed trip. The Energy Resources and Law Minister flayed the DMK for approaching the Supreme Court to prevent the Chief Minister from undertaking the visit, saying it wasted the court's time with unnecessary petitions instead of serving the people. Vijay is scheduled to meet the families of the stampede victims on July 10. Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court declined to regulate the visit of Vijay and pulled up the DMK for its plea questioning the visit, alleging that the state ministers were influencing witnesses in the matter. The DMK is opposed to the CM's visit in view of the ongoing Supreme Court-monitored CBI probe into the tragic stampede on September 27, 2025, that claimed 41 lives, besides leaving many injured. “Why is the DMK getting afraid if the CM visits Karur? He has 100 percent right to visit Karur or any other part of Tamil Nadu. What is their (DMK) problem? How long can they prevent the CM from visiting Karur?” Kumar asked. Commenting on the summons issued to former DMK minister V Senthil Balaji in connection with the alleged poaching of TVK legislators, Kumar told reporters here that evading personal appearance for the issued summons only implied guilt. “We had appeared before the investigative agency probing the Karur stampede. If one is innocent, one would cooperate with the investigating agency rather than go into hiding. Legal procedures must be allowed to take their due course,” the Minister stressed. PTI JSP JSP ROH