Chennai, Feb. 9 -- Tamil Nadu Congress president K. Selvaperunthagai on Monday responded to remarks made by AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami regarding the DMK-Congress alliance, asserting that the AIADMK leader should focus on safeguarding his own party.

Speaking to the media, Selvaperunthagai said, "Palaniswami should focus on protecting his own party. BJP is like an octopus that swallows all parties. The next party it is going to swallow is AIADMK. BJP has already swallowed three-fourths of AIADMK. Palaniswami should safeguard whatever remains of his party. Alliance leaders had stood together during the Karl Marx statue unveiling event and that all alliance parties will jointly protest against the BJP-led central govern...