NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, AUG 11
The AIADMK top leaders who met here a day after the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) raids on party colleague and former local administration minister S P Velumani, condemned the State government’s alleged political vendetta.
ஜனநாயகத்தின் நான்காம் தூண் பத்திரிக்கை என்பார்கள், அந்த சுதந்திரத்தை காப்போம் என்று கூறிக்கொள்ளும் திரு. ஸ்டாலின் தலைமையிலான திமுக அரசு பத்திரிக்கை சுதந்திரத்தை மட்டுமல்ல, பத்திரிக்கை நடத்துவோரின் உரிமையையும் காலில்போட்டு மிதித்திருக்கிறது. pic.twitter.com/J4gvRqhDf6
— AIADMK – Say No To Drugs & DMK (@AIADMKOfficial) August 11, 2021
Party’s Coordinator O Panneerselvam and Co-coordinator K Palaniswami who met at the party headquarters also hit out at the police for raiding the party organ Namadhu Amma’s office here.
The DVAC officials simultaneously raided the residences of Velumani and his close associates at 51 places including Coimbatore, Chennai, Kancheepuram and Dindigul on Tuesday.
The office of Namadhu Amma was raided by the police on Tuesday “without giving due notice to the journalists and staff working at the newspaper,” the party said.
Condemning the raids, Panneerselvam and Palaniswami alleged the DMK government was indulging in political vendetta. “It is threatening the pillars of democracy… The police who raided the Namadhu Amma premises in Alwarpet not only trespassed the media house but also illegally broke open the gates and doors to gain entry,” they said in a joint statement.
The leaders claimed that no prior notice was served to those administering the building and working journalists were denied entry into their workplace.
The meet, which discussed the upcoming local bodies elections and strategies to counter the ruling DMK when the Assembly session commences this week, passed a resolution condoling the demise of party’s presidium chairman E Madhusudhanan.
தலைமைக் கழக செய்தி. pic.twitter.com/3FKTD0gxcZ
— AIADMK – Say No To Drugs & DMK (@AIADMKOfficial) August 11, 2021
The party settled his hospital bills to the tune of Rs 26.74 lakhs, the AIADMK said. The AIADMK senior leader had died due to age related illness at the Apollo Hospitals here on August 5.
