Chennai:
The BJP’s Tamil Nadu chief, Okay Annamalai, set himself a objective Thursday – to make sure Chief Minister MK Stalin and the ruling DMK are faraway from energy – and made a dramatic promise to that impact, declaring “I’ll whip myself six occasions” and “I can’t put on footwear (until the DMK is defeated)”.
Mr Annamalai, who led his social gathering’s unsuccessful cost within the April-June federal election, additionally introduced protests in opposition to the state spurred by the sexual assault of a faculty scholar at Chennai’s Anna University this week.
Both the BJP and the DMK’s arch-rival, the AIADMK, have slammed Mr Stalin’s administration, whereas the federal government referred to as out makes an attempt to politicise the incident.
“Starting tomorrow (Friday), I’ll maintain a protest in entrance of my home… the place I’ll whip myself six occasions. And ranging from tomorrow, I’ll quick for 48 days and enchantment to the six-armed Murugan (one other title for the Hindu god of struggle),” the BJP chief informed stories this night.
“From tomorrow, till the DMK is faraway from energy, I can’t put on sandals…” he stated; a video shared by information company ANI confirmed him addressing the press with a pair of footwear in his proper hand.
#WATCH | During a press convention, Tamil Nadu BJP President Okay Annamalai eliminated his shoe and stated, “From tomorrow onwards till the DMK is faraway from energy, I can’t put on any footwear…”
Tomorrow, Okay Annamalai will protest in opposition to how the federal government dealt with the Anna… pic.twitter.com/aayn33R6LG
— ANI (@ANI) December 26, 2024
On Wednesday Mr Annamalai ripped into the Tamil Nadu authorities, declaring the state had grow to be a “breeding floor of illegal actions” and a “haven for criminals” beneath the DMK.
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“Women do not feel protected within the state anymore because the police are stored busy by the ruling administration to silence the opposition. BJP Tamil Nadu has to name for a protest for the police to behave if the legal is a functionary of DMK. This is the dire state of regulation and order within the state,” he stated in a submit on X.
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A 37-year-old man, who runs a roadside biryani stall has been arrested for the Anna University scholar’s harrowing expertise on campus, which included her male buddy being thrashed.
The BJP chief was vocal and vehement forward of the election for Tamil Nadu’s 39 Lok Sabha seats, however the social gathering flopped. It didn’t win a single seat. The DMK, and its allies, together with the Congress, in truth, accomplished a clear sweep, profitable all 39 in Tamil Nadu and likewise Puducherry’s sole seat.
Mr Annamalai contested the Coimbatore seat and was thumped by the DMK’s Ganpathy Rajkumar by almost 1.2 lakh votes. Former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, one other high-profile BJP candidate, misplaced Chennai (South) to the DMK’s Thamizhachi Thangapandian by 2.2 lakh votes.