Tamil Nadu politician and former BJP chief Okay Annamalai on Monday hit out at Opposition parties within the state as he welcomed the primary 100 days of the CM Vijay-led TVK government. Talking extra broadly in regards to the political discourse in Tamil Nadu, Annamalai mentioned that “some politicians” are nonetheless not able to take heed to the change that voters within the state have spoken about.
Some individuals, Annamalai mentioned, nonetheless wish to keep within the outdated methods of “abusing,” “pulling in a woman,” “pulling a mom.” Whereas talking at a session on the India Today Group’s Tamil Nadu Roundtable, he mentioned, “Some political leaders dynasts do not perceive the bottom has shifted.”
Whereas Annamalai didn’t say so explicitly, his feedback gave the impression to be a reference to the latest controversy over Chief of Opposition Udayanidhi Stalin’s latest remarks that had been interpreted by many as a distasteful reference to CM Vijay and his friendship with actor Trisha.
Udhayanidhi’s feedback, made whereas he was criticising the Vijay authorities’s alleged inaction within the Cauvery water dispute, had triggered uproar and even led to him being detained by the Tamil Nadu Police for a day.
Annamalai additionally addressed the broader subject of discourse in Tamil Nadu politics when requested about being labelled because the “B staff of BJP.” He mentioned, “It’s unlucky in Tamil Nadu that anybody who begins contemporary is named the B staff of BJP.” Annamalai additionally referred to how Vijay and his TVK had been additionally bought that label.
Annamalai’s feedback came to visit three months after Vijay and his TVK shocked politicians and observers by successful 108 seats within the 234-member Tamil Nadu meeting and dislodged the DMK from energy.
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