Tamil Nadu BJP State Secretary SG Suryah was arrested on the intervening night of 16 and 27 June 2023 for his statement against Madurai Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP Su Venkatesan over the death of a hygiene worker who was allegedly forced to clean a faeces-filled drain by a Communist councillor.
In a scathing letter addressed to Madurai MP Su Venkatesan, SG Suryah had alleged that a hygiene worker died due to allergies in the body after a Communist party ward member named Viswanathan forced him to clean the drain.
SG Suryah seems to have been arrested on frivolous charges as he had mentioned Madurai instead of Cuddalore district while lambasting Communist MP Su Venkatesan.
He has been placed under judicial remand till 1 July 2023 and a bail plea has been moved in the Madurai court. The hearing on the bail plea has been adjourned for tomorrow (20 June 2023).
"தொடை நடுங்கி ஸ்டாலினுக்கு கடுமையான பாடம் கற்பிக்கப்படும்" @SuryahSG இன்று போலீஸ் வண்டியிலிருந்து..இது மிரட்டல் அல்ல, எச்சரிக்கை..@dharmic_indians @amarprasadreddy @karthikgnath @nagaraj80 @blsanthosh @tnbjpsm @BJP4TamilNadu @annamalai_k @KaruNagarajan @indhavaainko @ShivaaBJYM pic.twitter.com/IAkyaSCJws
— AK🇮🇳 (@aakuvan) June 19, 2023
Meanwhile, Suryah who was seen being taken in a police vehicle managed to give a short byte to the media waiting outside.
“Coward Stalin will be taught a befitting lesson”, Suryah said lashing out at Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin.
Several senior leaders of the BJP including Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Rajeev Chandrasekhar, BJP MP Tejasvi Surya, BJP National General Secretary (Org) BL Santhosh have condemned SG Suryah’s arrest.
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