BGR Energy, a company whose promoters are believed to be backing the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu, has issued a legal notice to BJP Tamil Nadu President K. Annamalai and another Twitter user named Selva Kumar for an alleged ‘defamatory tweet’ in light of the recent corruption allegations against the state electricity department.
The notice by BGR Energy claims that the said tweet with ‘handshake icons’ conveys a ‘sarcastic’ and ‘hidden’ message alleging collusion between the company and the Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister.
“The tweet has been clandestinely designed to convey the above mentioned defamatory message against my client”, the notice reads.
The notice also mentions about Selva Kumar’s tweet, who had pointed out that DMK Rajya Sabha MP P. Wilson represented the company in court in a case against the Tamil Nadu government adding that the tweets by Annamalai and Selva Kumar has caused a ‘serious dent upon the reputation and goodwill’ of the company.
Gopalapuram 🤝 BGR Energy 🤝TNEB 🤝V. Senthil Balaji
BGR Energy is being represented in court by DMK’s Rajya Sabha MP & it’s ‘legal luminary’ Shri. Wilson!
It’s getting very interesting more our EB Min talks!Let us connect the dots & the answer will be evident ! #ResignEBMin https://t.co/YrkAy73fc7
— K.Annamalai (@annamalai_k) October 22, 2021
In light of this, the company has slapped a legal notice demanding ₹500 Crores along with the issue of an unconditional apology and deletion of the tweets in question.
Reacting to this, the BJP Tamil Nadu chief wrote that he was just a humble farmer with a few goats in his farm unlike the corrupt minister of DMK for whom corruption, collection and cut-money has become a way of life.
I’m a just a first generation, self made entrepreneur from a humble agricultural family.
Not worth 500cr.
Have full trust in Indian judiciary. 🙏 https://t.co/tiR0VELOd8— Selva Kumar (@Selvakumar_IN) October 26, 2021
Speaking to The Commune, Selva Kumar who is a vocal critic of the DMK said that the this is an attempt to silence those who raise questions and point out at the corrupt regime of the DMK.
He said that it was laughable that BGR Energy was sending a legal notice for ₹500 crore while the company’s market capitalization itself is just ₹475 crore.
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