Former IPS officer K Annamalai set to join BJP today
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New Delhi:Former IPS officer Annamalai Kuppuswamy will formally join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday at 1 pm in an event in New Delhi ending months of speculation about his foray into politics.
Annamalai, who served as an IPS officer in Karnataka, and was popularly referred to as ‘Singam’ quit the police force in May 2019. Following his resignation, he was expected to join the BJP but over the last few months, Annamalai said he tussled with the idea of starting independently in politics. “I was considering my options over the last few months but finally I have decided to join the BJP and start my political career,” Annamalai told TNM.
Speaking to TNM, Annamalai said he saw himself as a natural fit in the BJP. “I closely align with the larger vision of the BJP. I will have an opportunity to be in the party and help grow the party in Tamil Nadu,” he said, adding,"I see I am a natural fit there (in BJP)." He was in talks with other parties including Rajinikanth but eventually decided to join the BJP.
He said he did not consider joining the Dravidian parties, which have a duopoly over politics in Tamil Nadu. “I also felt that the Dravidian parties are not true to their original mission of bringing about change. The ideals of Annadurai, Periyar and MGR were different from the ideals of today’s leaders,” he said.
Responding to public discussion over his decision to join the BJP, Annamalai said that unlike the police force, he now has the freedom to express his opinions. “I am reading a lot of discussions online about my ideology based on a few tweets. When I was a police officer, my master was the Constitution of India...I am not going against the Constitution now but unlike in my time in the police force, I have the freedom to express my opinions,” he added.
His decision to join the BJP comes after he gave multiple interviews to the Tamil media, clearly stating that his political plunge will come later and not anytime soon. He had said that his first priority is to support and strengthen the grassroots in his native town in terms of agriculture and education and then think of electoral politics.
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Attack on Chennai doctor: Strict law needed to stop such violence, says IMA Goa
Panaji (PTI): The Indian Medical Association's Goa branch has condemned the attack on an oncologist by a patient's relative at a hospital in Chennai and demanded a stringent and deterrant legislation to curb violence against doctors in the country.
Such cases need to be fast-tracked, with exemplary punishment to culprits, it said.
Dr Balaji Jagannathan (53) was stabbed at least seven times on Wednesday by a man at the Kalaignar Centenary Super Speciality Hospital in Chennai allegedly over grievances regarding the treatment of his mother at the facility, according to hospital officials.
The doctor was being treated and his condition was reported to be stable, they said.
The 26-year old accused was later arrested.
Condemning the attack, IMA Goa president Dr Sandesh Chodankar on Wednesday said, "This (attacks on medical professionals) has become a regular and recurring phenomena in healthcare sector across India which clearly exposes the failure on part of the government to take care of safety and security issues threatening the very existence of this noble profession."
The incident has happened despite community awareness, token strikes, rallies, candle marches and sensitisation of stakeholders conducted after the incident of rape and murder of a doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata in August, he noted.
Chodankar said the IMA has been demanding a strong and stringent central law for violence against doctors at pan-India level with fast tracking of such cases and extraordinary and exemplary punishment to the culprits.
The government should take a note of this sensitive issue and come out with a deterrent legislation, he said.
Referring to the incident in Chennai, Chodankar said this act of "national shame" by patients and their attendants seems to be unstoppable at this point of time, clearly exposing the system's failure.
