CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu BJP chief Annamalai takes a bold vow, declaring he will not wear footwear until the DMK government is removed from power. He set himself a goal Thursday – to ensure Chief Minister MK Stalin and the ruling DMK are removed from power – and made a dramatic promise to that effect, declaring “I will whip myself six times” and “I will not wear footwear (till the DMK is defeated)”.

A 37-year-old man, who runs a roadside biryani stall has been arrested for the Anna University student’s harrowing experience on campus, which included her male friend being thrashed.
Mr Annamalai, who led his party’s unsuccessful charge in the April-June federal election, also announced protests against the state spurred by the sexual assault of a college student at Chennai’s Anna University this week. Both the BJP and the DMK’s arch-rival, the AIADMK, have slammed Mr Stalin’s administration, while the government called out attempts to politicise the incident.
Annamalai slammed the ruling DMK government. Anguished by DMK-led state government’s alleged failures at every aspect, specially law and order, K Annamalai pledged that he will not wear any shoes until the DMK government is overthrown in Tamil Nadu.K Annamalai said, “Till the DMK government is not overthrown, I will walk barefoot. I’m requesting the people, please look into all this.”He further said that he will flog himself 6 times tomorrow (on Friday) outside his Coimbatore residence to “take down all the evil”. Adding that he will observe 48 hour fasting and will pray from Lord Murugan for the betterment and welfare of state.
“Starting tomorrow (Friday), I will hold a protest in front of my house… where I will whip myself six times. And starting from tomorrow, I will fast for 48 days and appeal to the six-armed Murugan (another name for the Hindu god of war),” the BJP leader told reports this evening. “From tomorrow, until the DMK is removed from power, I will not wear sandals…” he said; a video shared by news agency ANI showed him addressing the press with a pair of shoes in his right hand.
(Bureau Report with ndtv & one India inputs).

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