Take action or come clean: Annamalai targets Vijay over MLA-Collector row

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K Annamalai questioned the TVK government over crime and an alleged MLA-collector issue. His remarks intensified scrutiny of policing while urging transparency and political restraint.

We The Leaders founder K Annamalai on Friday raised concerns about law and order in Tamil Nadu under the TVK government and sought clarity over an allegation of a ruling party MLA and sending obscene messages to a woman District Collector.

Speaking to reporters in Coimbatore, the former BJP leader questioned the silence of the Chief Minister's Office and the ruling TVK over the alleged issue involving the party's Kallakurichi MLA and the collector. Noting that the collector had been absent from government events, he asked Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, who also holds the Home portfolio, to clarify whether the MLA had sent an inappropriate text message to the officer.

“If he sent it, take action. If he did not, say so openly. The continuous silence is only strengthening public suspicion and eroding trust in the government,” Annamalai said. He added that the IAS Officers' Association should also break its silence.

According to news agency PTI, Annamalai also targeted the government over what he described as a rise in violent crime. He claimed that 15 to 17 murders were reported on Deepavali day alone, including gang-related revenge killings and the murder of an IT engineer.

He criticised the police for conducting what he called a “rowdy parade” and detaining 300 history-sheeters in Chennai only after the festival and subsequent media reports, instead of taking preventive measures in advance.

Annamalai also cited reports of record TASMAC liquor sales of Rs 441 crore over two days during Deepavali and incidents of prisoners escaping from jails across the state, including in Theni.

He said 35 per cent of the electorate had voted for the TVK seeking a change from previous governments and urged the chief minister to take proactive steps to reform the police force instead of merely saying that offenders were being arrested. However, he said he would wait until the government completed a year in office before making a comprehensive assessment of its performance.

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