Chennai sources stated that Tamilnadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami called P chidambaram ‘a burden to earth’ on Tuesday. Meanwhile he made this comment in response to chidambaram’s jibe at the AIADMK government. The Chief Minister said “For how long has chidambaram been a Union Minister. What has he done for the country? He is just burden to earth”. When speaking to reporters at Mettur, Salem on Tuesday as the sluice gates of the Stanley Reservoir across river Cauvery was opened.
Further after slamming P chidambaram for being 'selfish' during his tenure as the Union Finance Minister, Edappadi Palaniswami questioned what chidambaram had done for Tamilnadu despite having been a central minister. Palaniswami questioned “What scheme has he brought and implemented (in Tamilnadu)? He was finance minister for many years, did he even give the required funds? Or did he set up new industries? Did he at least solve the Cauvery water dispute or Mullaiperiyar dam issue or the Palar issue? What problem has he solved?”.
Moreover P chidambaram’s son and Sivagangai MP Karti chidambaram condemned the CM's statement and said that this was not the way a Chief Minister ought to speak. He questioned “Is that something a Chief Minister should say? Can someone, who became the Chief Minister by a historical accident, use these words at a person who has given budget speech nine times in the Parliament and has got the honor of being the best finance minister in Asia?”.
