Annamalai says he will visit Anna Salai alone, dares Udhayanidhi to stop him – The Times of India
SALEM: Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai said he was accepting the challenge of deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin to visit Anna Salai in Chennai and dared DMK govt to prevent him from doing so.
“You specify the exact location where I need to come. I will come alone when I visit Chennai next time after Feb 26,’’ Annamalai told reporters in Salem on Thursday.
He was responding to Udhayanidhi’s dare asking Annamalai to visit Anna Salai at least, instead of Anna Arivalayam (DMK headquarters). Annamalai issued a counter challenge asking Udhayanidhi to use the govt machinery and prevent him from visiting Anna Salai.
In response to the `#GetoutModi’ trending on X, Annamalai announced he would begin a social media campaign with ‘#GetOutStalin’ on social media starting at 6 am on Friday. He said `#GetoutStalin’ would outnumber the ‘#GetOutModi’.
Batting for the three-language policy, Annamalai reiterated that learning a third language was important for TN. DMK and its allies are misleading the people, claiming that Hindi would become mandatory under the new education policy. He alleged that Hindi was being taught in schools run by leaders like TVK founder Vijay and VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan.
Responding to the charge, Thirumavalavan said he did not run any school, but the Blue Star school in Velachery named by Annamalai was on the land belonging to him.
Annamalai said BJP planned to launch a 90-day signature campaign starting March 1 to advocate for the three-language policy.
