Dharmaselvan, who was recently appointed as the DMK’s East Secretary in-charge for Dharmapuri district, has sparked controversy by allegedly making threatening remarks towards district officials, including the SP and IAS officers.
At a DMK executive meeting held in Dharmapuri, Dharmaselvan told the cadres, “Not even a single officer can stay without listening to what I say then the officer will not be there. No one can interfere in this. You cannot change those people by telling them as you think. I can change them only by writing a letter. You should understand that, right? Collector should listen what I say, the SP should listen what I say. All the administration below me will listen to what I say. If they don’t listen, they will not be there. I will do this. No officer cand do things above me (here he used derogatory words on the officers). No one can play games. If he plays games, his game will be over. Right. I know what the leader told me. Whether it is an officer or whoever he is, he has told me to give me in a letter pad. This including the collector and I don’t want to talk about anything below. How did you do before this? Whether it was a BDO office, I want to know A to Z happenings. The union secretary should know. That’s how it happens. No one can fool around here. I don’t know how the previous (officer) behaved before. I’ll tell him clearly.”
A leaked audio of a DMK district secretary, who was appointed just a week ago, threatening to transfer top state officials has gone viral, attracting widespread attention as the state faces an unprecedented decline in law and order.
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