TMMK wanted Vanathi Srinivasan to be disqualified
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AAA Members of the Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam (TMMK) petitioned District Election Officer and Collector S. Nagarajan on Thursday demanding the disqualification of BJP’s candidate for Coimbatore South Assembly constituency Vanathi Srinivasan following the violence during the two-wheeler rally organised by the BJP.
In the petition, TMMK’s district president E. Ahmed Kabir alleged that party workers who had participated in the rally during the visit of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday attempted to cause a communal riot by hurling stones at commercial establishments in Town Hall and Oppanakara Street. The TMMK demanded action against those who participated in the rally and requested the Collector to ensure that the election is held in a fair manner.
Coimbatore: The Mettupalayam police on Sunday arrested BJP functionary Kalayanaraman on charges of hate speech and creating enmity between two communities. He was arrested following tense moments in Mettuaplayam and Coimbatore.
As many as 500 cops were deployed in Mettupalayam after members of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) pelted stones at a BJP meeting on Sunday evening.
To support the tractor rally of farmers in New Delhi on January 26, SDPI had conducted a protest at Mettupalayam bus stand on the same day. The party cadres hurled abuses at an SDPI functionary, who had dressed up as Prime Minister Narendra Modi.