Tamil Nadu: BJP leader Annamalai welcomes arrest of party cadres

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 22 (ANI): Reacting over the arrest of BJP leader Amar Prasad Reddy and other party functionaries over the removal of a flagpole in Chennai, Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President K Annamalai on Sunday welcomed the arrest of the party functionaries, adding that it accelerates the process of leadership.
The BJP state president also slammed the Tamil Nadu police for their action and said that the state police is worse than the British.
"We are very clear that this evil force DMK has to be uprooted from Tamil soil... 13 BJP cadres are in jail in Tamil Nadu today. Six in the flag post issue and seven for social media posting. I welcome the arrest of the BJP cadres because that is the only way they become leaders very fast. The whole arrest, the whole false cases, them going to jail and coming out it accelerates the process of leadership. So none of us are really worried," Annamalai told ANI.
"Tamil Nadu Police is worse than the British. Tamil Nadu Police is behaving worse than the East India Company because they have become stooges of DMK..." he added.
When asked about the DMK's 'signature campaign' against the NEET examination, the BJP leader questioned the DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin's degree and said that getting signatures is not a big deal.
"They still think Tamil Nadu politics is cinema. Now there are question marks on Stalin's degree itself. How did he get his degree? Now these are the people who talk about merit in education, who talk about social justice in education. The people of Tamil Nadu have accepted NEET. Getting signatures is not a big deal. I can also get 2 crore signatures favouring NEET," he said while talking to ANI.
"DMK has nothing to show, no achievements to show...He (Udhayanidhi Stalin) is showing the egg as zero. An egg is oval. There is a difference between oval and zero. They don't know this..." Annamalai added.
The BJP president further noted that Hindus should be allowed to practice their faith in Tamil Nadu.
"We have no problem with the CM's wife going to the temple and worshipping God. It is her right. She can worship. But we have a problem with DMK which is denying the same opportunity to other Hindus. When Stalinji's wife goes to a temple, the minister welcomes her and takes her inside...So our question is whether other Hindus should also be allowed to practice their faith in Tamil Nadu. You're not letting them, you're restricting them. You are taking the temple land. You are interfering in the daily process..." Annamalai said. (ANI)