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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tamil Nadu president, Tamilisai Soundararajan expelled R Muthuraman, party functionary, on Wednesday. The action was taken after he was arrested for vandalising the statue of social reformer Periyar (EV Ramasamy) at Thirupathur in Vellore district. BJP national secretary H Raja on Wednesday issued a clarification on the social media post that advocated removal of Dravidar Kazhagam… Continue reading "BJP sacks office-bearer for damaging Periyar statue, H Raja expresses regret"

BJP national secretary H Raja on Tuesday triggered a fresh controversy by posting in Facebook that the statue of rationalist leader Periyar (EV Ramasamy) in Tamil Nadu would be razed just like Communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin’s statue was removed in Tripura. He however deleted the post later. Clarifying the BJP’s stand, state party president Tamilisai Soundararajan said the statement of… Continue reading "H Raja’s FB post triggers tremors in TN politics"