Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai will remain barefoot until DMK is ousted from power in the state. He took this oath while removing his shoes in a press conference. He also accused the police of revealing the identity of the rape victim student of Chennai’s Anna University and said that he would even give himself six lashes in protest against this.
Annamalai speaking to reporters in Coimbatore on December 26, 2024 Said“I will whip myself six times in front of my house tomorrow at 10 am. “I will not wear shoes until the DMK government is voted out of power… In the second week of February I will visit all the six Arupadai Veedus (six major sites of Lord Murugan) and complain to them about the situation in Tamil Nadu.” Annamalai said that now BJP workers will sit outside the houses and protest.
#WATCH During a press conference, Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai removed his shoe and said, "From tomorrow onwards until the DMK is removed from power, I will not wear any footwear…"
Tomorrow, K Annamalai will protest against how the government handled the Anna… https://t.co/Jir02WFrOx pic.twitter.com/aayn33R6LG
— ANI (@ANI) December 26, 2024
This anger of Annamalai took place at Anna University, Chennai on December 23, 2024. Event But it has burst. A 19-year-old engineering student was raped by a street vendor inside the university. He first made a video of a girl who had gone to meet her friend and then beat up her friend and drove him away. After this he raped her and took her phone number and told her to come wherever he called. When the girl lodged a report about this incident, Case open.
Gnanashekaran, the accused in the incident, has been arrested. Gnanasekaran, 37, sells biryani on the campus itself. Annamalai alleged that Gnanasekaran was an official of the ruling DMK. His pictures are also present with big leaders of DMK. However, DMK has distanced itself from it. Gnanasekharan had carried out a similar incident in 2011. There are 15 cases registered against him. BJP alleges that Gnanashekaran avoided action because he had the blessings of DMK.
It has come to light that the accused in the Sexual Assault of a student at Anna University is a repeat offender and a DMK functionary.
A clear pattern emerges from the number of such cases in the past:
1. A criminal becomes close to the local DMK functionaries and becomes a… pic.twitter.com/PcGbFqILwk
— K.Annamalai (@annamalai_k) December 25, 2024
BJP chief Annamalai has also raised questions on the negligence of the police in this matter. He alleged that the police leaked the FIR of this case, due to which the identity of the victim became public. Even his phone number and address were revealed. They allege that the FIR was also written in such a way that it insults the victim. He said that under DMK rule, Tamil Nadu has become a paradise for criminals and the police is not used for law and order but to silence the opposition.
In this matter, student organizations outside Anna University Display Have done. He has alleged lack of security arrangements in the university. The students said that the cameras installed in the university are just for show and no one monitors them. The students alleged that anyone can enter the university. Many people were detained after the demonstration in Anna University. A demand has also been made to take cognizance of this matter from the Women’s Commission.