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Tamil Nadu BJP condemns video showing public slaughter of goat carrying Annamalai’s photo

BJP Tamil Nadu chief Annamalai - contesting in Lok Sabha elections from Coimbatore constituency - lost out to DMK's Ganapathy P Rajkumar.

ByPTI

Published Jun 06, 2024 | 5:21 PM ⚊ Updated Jun 06, 2024 | 5:21 PM

Annamalai in Lok Sabha elections in Coimbatore

Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai. (Creative Commons)

The BJP’s Tamil Nadu unit on Thursday, 6 June responded strongly and demanded action after a video went viral in which some men are purportedly seen slaying a goat, around whose neck a photo of the party’s state president K Annamalai is tied.

It was not immediately known where the purported incident happened or who had posted it. The veracity of the clip could not be ascertained immediately e either.

Responding to it, Annamalai said if the “DMK” workers were angry against him, they could as well come at him.

Tamil Nadu BJP Vice-President and Party Spokesperson Narayanan Thirupathy uploaded a video on his account in X, condemning it and the state BJP reposted it on its official X handle.

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“Killing a goat in the middle of the road and shouting against @annamalai_k and celebrating his (LS polls) defeat clearly shows that the political parties are afraid of the growth of @BJP4India in Tamil Nadu, and exposes the lowest level of politics that the opposition political parties can stoop (to),” he wrote.

Killing a Goat in the middle of the Road and shouting against @annamalai_k and celebrating his defeat clearly shows that the political parties are afraid of the growth of @BJP4India in Tamil Nadu and exposes the lowest level of politics that the opposition political parties can… pic.twitter.com/McuRpsVMPA

— Narayanan Thirupathy (மோடியின் குடும்பம்) (@narayanantbjp) June 6, 2024

Annamalai, talking to reporters in Coimbatore, said “If the DMK workers are so angry with me, I am here in Coimbatore…The innocent goat could have been spared.”

In Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu that took place on 19 April, the ruling DMK-led bloc won all 39 seats in the state as well as the lone constituency in neighbouring Puducherry. Annamalai, who led the BJP-led alliance in Tamil Nadu in a spirited fight, lost out to DMK’s Ganapathy P Rajkumar in Coimbatore.

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