CTR Nirmal Kumar, a candidate of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) and a former BJP social media functionary who later joined the AIADMK before shifting to TVK, has alleged that police deliberately created disorder during his party’s campaign events and has sought intervention from the Election Commission.
Addressing reporters, Nirmal Kumar said his party had begun its nomination process following the announcement of candidates across all 234 constituencies, with its leader filing nomination from Perambur and senior leaders following suit.
“See, yesterday our leader announced candidates for all 234 constituencies. And today our leader has started the nomination process, he has filed his nomination for Perambur today. After that, most of our senior leaders have also filed their nominations today. In the coming days, all of our party cadres and candidates will file their nominations,” he said.
He further alleged that the party’s campaign launch was disrupted due to lack of police presence despite prior permission and large crowds.
“Our leader also started his campaign today. And we could see a lot of issues during the campaign, the police created a ruckus there… there were massive crowds but no police available, due to which it became complete chaos,” he said.
Claiming the situation was intentional, he added, “We believe this was deliberately engineered by the police. They wanted issues to happen. And this was completely backed by DMK and DMK-allied officers.”
Nirmal Kumar said the party has submitted complaints to both the Election Commission of India and the State Election Commission seeking transfer of officials concerned.
“Our leader also started his campaign today. And we could see a lot of issues during the campaign; the police created a ruckus there. After the campaign started, none of the police were present at the place, even though there was a huge, large gathering. You should have seen it on live TV, there were massive crowds but no police available, due to which it became complete chaos. We believe this was deliberately engineered by the police. They wanted issues to happen. And this was completely backed by DMK and DMK-allied officers. Condemning this, we sent a strong message and statement to both the National Election Commission and the State Election Commission, asking for a transfer of the officers behind this. When the campaign started, the entire event was left with no police – no one to control or regulate the crowd. They were trying to create an incident. We believe this was backed by DMK. That is why we have sent a complaint to both election commissions,” he stated.
He also questioned the rationale behind citing the Chief Minister’s schedule, adding, “And see, he is not the CM now. He is an ex-CM and he is just one candidate. If he is coming at a separate time, they should manage that separately. We had got our time slot approved. They cannot say the CM has a schedule and use that to shift our programme. That creates unnecessary chaos and problems. They wanted to create problems in our campaign, due to which two of our programme points were missed today. They want this to happen at every place. We completely condemn this and want the Election Commission to transfer all these corrupt officers.”
On the Thirupparankundram incident, Nirmal Kumar alleged political motives behind tensions.
“See, Thirupparankundram, you all know… The people of Tamil Nadu, all people of Tamil Nadu, want peace. This was deliberately created by DMK. They made this happen, and it was also organized on one side by BJP. These two parties want to create an emotional issue and run this election on that basis. Nowhere in Tamil Nadu will people allow this. Tamil Nadu people always want peace. We want to go back to how things were in Thirupparankundram two years ago – that same peaceful stand should be maintained. We don’t want any emotional issues to be created. We don’t want BJP to create another Ayodhya here, and we don’t want DMK to create another Manjolai incident here. All these parties should step out of emotional issues. We want peace in Tamil Nadu.”
Responding to a question on campaigning, he confirmed that TVK leader Vijay would campaign in the region.
“Sure, 100% our leader will come. He will definitely come for a campaign there,” he said.
Nirmal Kumar is contesting from Thirupparankundram as a TVK candidate in the upcoming Assembly elections.
#WATCH | Madurai, Tamil Nadu: On speaking of police deployment during the campaign of TVK, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader CTR Nirmal Kumar says, “Yesterday our leader announced candidates for 234 constituencies and today our leader has started the nomination process and he… pic.twitter.com/zTGuCbpZIU
— ANI (@ANI) March 30, 2026
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