Tamil Nadu: Annamalai writes to DGP regarding mishandling of his security detail

Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai on Wednesday wrote to the Director General of Police of Kamarajar Salai Chennai regarding the mishandling of security detail during his visit to Thiruparankundram Temple in Madurai on February 17Taking to social media X the BJP Tamil Nadu Office wrote We would like to bring to the kind attention of your good office the incident of the Tamil Nadu police mishandling the security detail of our Honourable Minister of State ThiruMurugan_MoS avl A Letter To DGP By Our State President Thiruannamalai_k avl The tweet was reposted by Tamil Nadu BJP President K AnnamalaiWe would like to bring to the kind attention of your good office the incident of the Tamil Nadu police mishandling the security detail of our Honourable Minister of State ThiruMurugan_MoS avl A Letter To DGP By Our State President Thiruannamalai_k avlAnnamalai pictwittercom4lpdpKVVhmmdash BJP Tamilnadu BJP4TamilNadu February 19 2025The statement said On behalf of BJP Tamil Nadu we would like to bring to the kind attention of your good office the incident of the Tamil Nadu police mishandling the security detail of our Honourable Minister of State Thiru L Murugan avl during his visit to Thiruparankundram Temple in Madurai on 17022025 in an attempt to deliberately stop him from entering the place of worshipIt is disheartening to know that the Honourable Minster has been heckled by the police deployed at the entrance of the temple in spite of the prior clearance received by the Tamil Nadu police on the travel itinerary of the Honourable Minister that includes his visit to both Arulmigu Subramaniya Swami Temple and Arulmigu Kasi Viswanathar Temple on the Thiruparankundram hill the statement addedThe tweet stated that it was depressing to learn that Annamalai is banned from visiting the temple When the Tamil Nadu BJP President questioned the instantaneous ban officers replied that they got orders from the high commandIt is even more depressing to learn that when the Honourable Minister questioned the officers about the instantaneous ban on his visit to the temples mentioned above the officers replied that they had received orders from the high command not to allow him to visit the temple The point of contention here is the blatant misuse of power vested to the police in depriving a member of parliament of his right to worship at a place of his choice at a point where his security was at stake This raises serious doubt among the general public who are already petrified by unprecedented occurrences of crimes in Tamil Nadu in recent times on the deliverance of security and protection to the common masses the statement saidThe statement concluded with a question If a Member of Parliament amp a Minister could be heckled in such a manner what is the state of the common people in our StateThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever