Annamalai challenges Tamil Nadu CM to file one more libel case against him

Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai on Friday (May 12) challenged Chief Minister M K Stalin to file a case of defamation against him, now for releasing the PTR audio tapes.

Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai on Friday (May 12) challenged Chief Minister M K Stalin to file a case of defamation against him, now for releasing the PTR audio tapes.

A day after Chief Minister M K Stalin effected a Cabinet reshuffle, Annamalai demanded to know the reason behind shifting Palanivel Thiaga Rajan (PTR) from Finance to Information technology department.

Rajan “did not commit any wrongs,” the BJP leader said and alleged “wrongs” were committed by the DMK first family, about persons who had “committed wrongs.” Pointing to the state government filing a criminal defamation case against him in a court here on May 10 for levelling corruption allegation against Stalin, Annamalai requested the chief minister to file a similar case against him for leaking “PTR audio tapes.”

Citing the submission made by the government in court that his allegation had caused harm to CM’s reputation, Annamalai said the argument holds good for the allegations made in audio tapes as well. “I am challenging the chief minister,” he said and urged Stalin to file a defamation case against him on the audio tapes issue.