Chennai: Tamilnadu BJP president K Annamalai, reacting to defamation suits filed against him by the ruling DMK, said he would face all suits legally and denied allegations of extortion.
Claiming that he is not worth crores of rupees so as to be served legal notice by the ruling DMK, Annamalai said he would not be cowed down by such threats as his aim is to serve the people.
Reacting to the DMK’s demand for an unconditional public apology for his remarks on Chief Minister M K Stalin’s Dubai trip, Annamalai said he had received the legal noticed served to him by DMK’s organising secretary R S Bharathi through the senior advocate P Wilson, on Tuesday morning at Kamalalayam, BJP state headquarters in Chennai.
He challenged Bharathi to have him arrested for allegedly claiming he had blackmailed former AIADMK ministers. ‘I will be here in the office. Arrest me if you have proof, failing which people will realise that this is another of your lie,’ he said.
The State BJP chief also refuted allegations that he blackmailed and extorted money from AIADMK ministers during their term.
Meanwhile, the BJP’s Tamilnadu unit has started the process of creating a State-level core team to strengthen the party base before the 2024 Lok Sabha and 2026 Assembly elections.