Responding to Mr. Palaniswami’s criticism that the TVK government was sleeping like Kumbhakarna and that law and order had deteriorated in the State, Mr. Sengottaiyan said those criticising the government could continue to do so. Minister Sengottaiyan blames AIADMK’s third-place slip on a “Kumbhakarna sleep” while defending TVK-led governance and future chief ministerial prospects.