BJP councillor Uma Anandan, in a dramatic flip of occasions, stormed out of a Chennai Company council assembly after strongly objecting to a report by Justice Ok Chandru. Anandan, who is understood for her vocal assist for Hindus publicly, tore aside the report, which was labeled by former Tamil Nadu BJP president H Raja as “anti-Hindu”.
The incident occurred on June 24, 2024, in the course of the first council assembly held after the current Indian common elections. Anandan, the lone BJP consultant on the 200-member Chennai Company, took difficulty with the contents of the report introduced by Justice Chandru, stood up and started tearing pages from the report.
She then walked out of the assembly, making a daring assertion towards what she perceived as an unfair and biased evaluation. “Why do we have to discuss this right now? Presently, why are you singing praises to Udhayanidhi Stalin? Chief Minister is okay, however why do you have to sing praises to Udhayanidhi?”
She added, “Justice Chandru ought to have spoken about this. A biased assertion, a biased choose has issued an announcement. The Chennai Metropolis Council ought to condemn Justice Chandru’s assertion. They didn’t condemn. Thus I tore up the choose’s report.”
This confrontation is the most recent in a collection of controversies surrounding Anandan, who has a historical past of constructing remarks on delicate points. Up to now, she has confronted criticism for endorsing Nathuram Godse, the murderer of Mahatma Gandhi and for supporting the caste system.
The report got here within the wake of a caste-based assault on Dalit college students and Justice Ok Chandru submitted it to Chief Minister MK Stalin whereas presenting a complete set of suggestions to handle the persistent difficulty of caste-based discrimination and violence in Tamil Nadu’s faculties.
