Chennai, July 30 -- AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) on Wednesday hit out at the DMK-led Tamil Nadu government, calling it a "failure model" after the honour killing of a 27-year-old IT employee in Thoothukudi district.

EPS condemned the DMK government and held it responsible for rising crimes rooted in caste-based violence and honour killings across Tamil Nadu.

In a post on X, EPS said, "Under the Stalin-led Failure Model regime, honour killings are on the rise, and caste conflicts are also continuing."

He added, "Yesterday, I was saddened to hear the news that a software engineer named Kavin was honour killed near Tiruchendur in Thoothukudi district. Knowing that this has created a very tense situation in the are...