TN FM calls audio clip with alleged comments about DMK’s first family ‘fabricated’

Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiyaga Rajan on Saturday dismissed as “fabricated” an audio clip which claimed that he made some comments about the ruling DMK’s first family.

BJP state president K Annamalai recently shared the clip on his Twitter page, claiming that Rajan had made some ‘reveals’ about the assets of DMK president and chief minister MK Stalin’s son Udhayanidhi and son-in-law Sabarisan .

In a two-page statement uploaded on its Twitter handle, PTR, as it is addressed to Rajan, described the audio clip as “malicious, fabricated” and asserted that anyone can create such clips with the help of technology .

Describing him as a “strong advocate” of free speech, the PTR said that he had not responded to many of the allegations, but that he was forced to do so this time. “I am therefore compelled to respond at this juncture as a social media post has now been re-circulated in heartbreaking posts; It has been replicated and amplified by unscrupulous political players…” he said.

“Please note that publicly available technical analysis of the purported clip clearly shows that it is not authentic,” PTR said.

“With the ability to create fabricated and/or machine-generated clips using advanced technology easily accessible, we should not be surprised to see more audio and even video clips with more malicious content in the coming days and months.” should,” he said.

He added that if the threshold of “defamation” was crossed, “I would be forced to take action.” Rajan credited Stalin for everything he did and has done in public life and said that “any malicious attempt to divide us will never succeed.”

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