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Multiple cases filed against TN BJP chief Annamalai over his social media post

Annamalai responded to this and clarified his stand and said that he has used the word pariah "which was not equal to the word Paraiar which denotes the highly respected Sambava Hindu community"

PGurus Newsdesk

June 4, 2022

Annamalai responded to this and clarified his stand and said that he has used the word pariah "which was not equal to the word Paraiar which denotes the highly respected Sambava Hindu community"

Annamalai responded to the row and clarified his stand

Multiple cases have been filed across Tamil Nadu against BJP state President K Annamalai over his recent Twitter post. However, police have yet to register FIRs in both cases.

In the Twitter post on May 30, Annamalai had used the term “Pariah”, and this has led to multiple cases being filed against him.

A case was filed against him in Tirunelveli after VCK functionary Murugan requested the Police Commissioner to register a case against him. TPDK leaders have also filed a case against him at Coimbatore.

Murugan, in his complaint, said that Annamalai had used the term ‘Pariah’ in a tweet he made on May 30 and that the term was used to represent oppressed people worldwide. He said that it was earlier used in a derogatory way to refer lower caste groups, who were earlier called untouchables.

The BJP president has in his tweet on May 30 said: “From hopelessness to Hope. From parochial mindset to nation first, From dilly-dallying to Conviction, From one-sided to Holistic Development. From a pariah to ViswaGuru. From Dark to Light, 8 years and counting with Shri Narendra Modi avl as our first servant 8 years Of Seva”.

From hopelessness to Hope
From parochial mindset to Nation First
From dilly dallying to Conviction
From one sided to Holistic Development
From a pariah to a ViswaGuru

From Dark to Light

8 years & counting with Shri @narendramodi avl as our first servant! #8YearsOfSeva pic.twitter.com/RwnS7z2kNh

— K.Annamalai (@annamalai_k) May 30, 2022

Murugan said that Annamalai was a former IPS officer and that he was well aware of the society and law of the land. He said that Annamalai had posted a derogatory comment against one particular community on social media platforms even after being in a responsible position as the state BJP President.

In his complaint to the Police Commissioner, he said that this would only encourage caste and social disharmony, and Annamalai must be booked under the SC/ ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

TPDK leader Ramakrishnan in the complaint said: “While celebrating Modi’s eight years, Annamalai has said that “From hopelessness to hope” for the community, and these words are used because he thinks that they are oppressed and of the thought that they are below some and that is why he used the word, Pariah. If that word is used then SC/ ST Act should be used against the person. The way Annamalai had used it is like insulting the community.”

However, Annamalai responded to this and clarified his stand and said that he has used the word pariah “which was not equal to the word Paraiar which denotes the highly respected Sambava Hindu community“.

“I am fully aware that the name ‘Yanaiyerum Perum Paraiar’ is the title Hindu Sanatanadharma gave to this great community which has civilizational and foundational contributions to Bharat that is India. So that I used the term ‘Pariah’ to demean the community is wrong and mischievous“.

அண்ணா வணக்கம்!

கத்தியை விட நம் புத்தி கூர்மை என்று சொல்லுவார்கள்.

உங்களுக்காக ஒரு ஆங்கில – தமிழ் அகராதி வாங்கி அனுப்புகிறேன், நான் பதிவிட்ட வார்த்தையின் அர்த்தத்தை பார்க்கவும்.

வாழ்க வளமுடன்! https://t.co/M86yc9ZG7x pic.twitter.com/ge0iSlHJ4M

— K.Annamalai (@annamalai_k) May 30, 2022

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