Chennai, AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami on Tuesday questioned Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay’s “silence” over the alleged operation of an international drug racket along Tamil Nadu’s coastline and sought to know if it was happening with the “knowledge” of the ruling TVK.
Will the news disappear only if your party members are unable to take responsibility for the crime and answer, and threaten the media? “One expected Mr. Joseph Vijay, at least in his capacity as a responsible Chief Minister or as a party leader, to break his silence regarding his own party functionary’s ‘Walter White’ behavior. Walter White, referred to by the former Chief Minister, is a fictional high school chemistry teacher turned meth kingpin from a crime drama series Breaking Bad, aimed at a satirical analogy to mock N Boopalan’s alleged dual life as a political party functionary and as a methamphetamine mastermind. “For your information, Chief Minister Vijay, it was not your state police that busted this cartel. It was intercepted and seized by the central agency, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence. You and your ‘exclamation mark’ government should hang your heads in shame for this,” he added. Demanding an immediate, comprehensive official explanation from the Chief Minister, Palaniswami asked if the public would ever receive accountability from an administration that rode to power promising political transformation.
Citing the release from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence on a major crackdown on organised drug trafficking, leading to the seizure of 137 kg crystal methamphetamine, a banned synthetic drug, from a coastal village in Nagapattinam district, he said this was one of the biggest narcotics seizures in Tamil Nadu’s coastal region in recent years.
Asking why the Chief Minister’s total silence prevailed even after the Union Finance Ministry officially detailed the multi-crore international drug racket operating along the state’s coastline, Palaniswami said, “so, can we assume that this drug issue is happening with the knowledge of the ruling party leadership and with their help? Demanding answers over the massive ₹ 400-crore crystal methamphetamine seizure linked to a TVK functionary, the former Chief Minister cited the official press release issued by the Ministry of Finance on October 18, 2026, which labeled the operation as “one of the biggest narcotics seizures in Tamil Nadu’s coastal region in recent years,” and expressed concern over the scale of the network. Instead, he remains completely mute, mimicking his usual silent demeanor when facing the opposition in the Legislative Assembly”, Palaniswami said on X.
