: The BJP would be staging an agitation on Tuesday to draw the attention of the Government to the “deteriorating” law and order situation in the wake of a spate of murders in Chennai, its State president Tamilisai Soundararajan said on Sunday.
“When an advocate was murdered in the city recently, I had raised the issue of law and order situation, and now a girl has been hacked to death [IT employee Swathi]. The BJP would be staging an agitation near Valluvar Kottam on Tuesday and we call upon all like-minded organisations to join us to urge the government to take action against the accused,” Ms. Soundararajan said.
Alleging that the murder of Swathi had raised questions about the safety of women in the State, the BJP leader wondered why many political parties had not expressed their condemnation yet. “Vacancies of police officers and their grievances have to be addressed by the government,” she said. Referring to the arrest of about 160 anti-social elements in the last two days since the hacking of the girl, Ms. Soundararajan said, “The government and police should not wait for an incident to take action. Why were these anti-social elements free?”
Amit Shah’s visit
Replying to another query, the BJP leader said that the party’s national president, Amit Shah, would be visiting Chennai on July 10 to participate in a booth-level functionaries’ meeting.
‘The government and the police should not wait for a murder to crack down on anti-social elements’
