No guarantee for people's lives in Tamil Nadu under DMK rule: Annamalai on BSP leader's murder
K Armstrong, Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President K Annamalai stated on Saturday that the safety of common citizens is not assured under the DMK rule.
«Yesterday, a party leader was hacked to death. There is no guarantee for a common man's life in this DMK-led state government,» Annamalai said at the BJP's state executive committee meeting.
The Tamil Nadu Chief of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) was hacked to death by a mob of unidentified men near his residence in Perambur, Chennai.
The Tamil Nadu BJP chief also attacked the MK Stalin-led DMK government over the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy that killed 65 people.
«Illicit liquor is flowing like a river, and nobody has the guts to tell, speak, and raise a voice against it. If they speak and raise voices, they have a life threat,» Annamalai said.
The Tamil Nadu BJP executive committee meeting is still underway. The meeting, also attended by Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, assumes significance as it is the first major meeting of the party in the state after the Lok Sabha election results were declared on June 4.
The BJP's electoral performance in the state in the 2024 general election was lower than the party's expectations. Though the party could increase its vote share, it did not win any seats.
In the 2024 election, the BJP, by contesting in 23 Lok Sabha constituencies, secured nearly 11.1 per cent of the votes in the state, up from the 3.6 per cent it got in the 2019 general election.
AIADMK, the principal opposition party in Tamil Nadu, was
