NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, MAY 22
After releasing ‘DMK Files’, the women’s wing of Bharatiya Janata Party in Tamil Nadu presented two memorandums to Governor R N Ravi pressing for various demands, including removal of a minister from the ruling DMK cabinet, party state chief K Annamalai said on Sunday.
இன்று காலை தமிழக ஆளுநரை சந்தித்து விட்டு ஆளுநர் மாளிகை அருகே செய்தியாளர்களை சந்தித்த மாநில தலைவர் திரு.@annamalai_k அவர்கள்..#AnnamalaiPressmeet pic.twitter.com/PJwwO8Doqj
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Annamalai along with party leader Nainar Nagendran along with members of the women’s wing presented the memorandum to Ravi at the Raj Bhavan.
Annamalai explained that the BJP submitted two memorandums to Ravi demanding the usage of toddy instead of liquors and continuation of Senthil Balaji as Minister from the DMK cabinet is ‘untenable’.
தமிழகத்தில் கள்ளச் சாராயம் காரணமாக 22 உயிர்கள் பலியாவதற்குக் காரணமாக இருந்த, சாராய வியாபாரிகளுடன் நெருங்கிய தொடர்பிலிருந்து கொண்டிருக்கும் அமைச்சர் திரு செஞ்சி மஸ்தானைப் பதவி நீக்கம் செய்யும்படி தமிழக முதலமைச்சரை வலியுறுத்தக் கோரி, @BJP4Tamilnadu சார்பாக மாண்புமிகு தமிழக ஆளுநர்… pic.twitter.com/hirDcv4zji
— K.Annamalai (மோடியின் குடும்பம்) (@annamalai_k) May 21, 2023
“Today the women’s wing presented two memorandums to the Governor. One is about the people who died after consuming illicit liquor in Tamil Nadu and how can we promote usage of toddy instead of liquors and second, the Minister Senthil Balaji continuing in DMK’s cabinet is untenable,” Annamalai told reporters.
Elaborating, he said nearly 2.50 lakh litres of illicit liquor were seized by the police while 1,558 people involved in this were arrested after the recent deaths due to sale of illicit liquor reported in Villupuram and Madurantakam.
“We have informed the Governor about the functioning of TASMAC retail outlets in the state and have submitted a plan on the use of toddy instead of liquor and how it can augment the revenue generated from liquor shops,” he said.
In the second memorandum presented to Ravi, he said it seeks the removal of Electricity, prohibition and excise minister V Senthil Balaji from the DMK cabinet over his alleged involvement in the cash for job scam during the AIADMK regime.
“The Governor should recommend the Chief Minister M K Stalin to relieve him (Senthil Balaji) from his post,” he said.
Maintaining that the police does not operate independently under DMK rule, he said, one cannot expect a “fair probe” on this subject as the department comes under the Chief Minister’s portfolios and the hands of the police have been tied.
