Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday held the hands of the ruling AIADMK's two top leaders and raised them, in a politically significant gesture ahead of the approaching polls in Tamil Nadu. All three, PM Modi, Chief Minister E Palaniswami and his deputy O Panneerselvam, stood on the stage with their linked hands held high. Opposition leader and DMK chief MK Stalin has sharply condemned the gesture, accusing the Prime Minister of "holding tainted hands".
