Puthiya Tamilagam leader K. Krishnasamy has sought an inquiry into former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's death by either a sitting judge of the Madras High Court or the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Addressing reporters in Coimbatore on Saturday, he said that only an inquiry by either of the two would serve the purpose of initiating further/follow-up action based on findings.
The inquiry commission by a retired judge could only give its findings/recommendations to the State Government. The State Government had announced a commission of inquiry by retired judge Justice A. Arumughaswamy into the death of the former Chief Minister.
Mr. Krishnasamy also sought an inquiry by an officer of the rank of Director General of Police attached to the National Commission for Scheduled Castes into the suicide of medical aspirant S. Anitha of Ariyalur. Anitha took her own life because she didn’t score enough in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) in order to secure a medical seat. He said such an inquiry should also look into the "external force" that could have forced her to resort to the extreme step, as suggested by the Commission Vice-Chairman L. Murugan.
It should also summon for inquiry those who took her to New Delhi to fight against NEET.
Mr. Krishnasamy added that if political parties were to move the court against NEET, he too would move in support of the medical entrance examination.
On October 6, his party would hold a public meeting in Chennai to urge the Central and State governments to remove Devendrakula Vellalars from the Scheduled Caste list.
This had been a long pending demand of the community and the governments must act at the earliest, he added.
