Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and TVK founder C Joseph Vijay has called an emergency meeting of his party's legislators amid growing scrutiny over the conduct of some MLAs, news agency PTI reported, citing party sources.The meeting will be held at the TVK headquarters in Chennai's Panaiyur on November 11 and will be chaired by Vijay. Party general secretary and minister N Anand and other senior leaders are expected to attend.According to PTI, the TVK leadership is expected to issue strict instructions to party functionaries and MLAs on discipline and public conduct.
They are likely to be asked to behave with dignity, respond to public grievances and refrain from misusing their authority.Party leaders fear that allegations against some legislators could damage the public standing of the six-month-old government. The meeting is expected to discuss allegations against TVK MLA and Deputy Speaker M Ravisankar, who has faced criticism from political parties following a controversy involving local resident Karthik Kumar.
Kumar had questioned him about basic civic issues.The party is also conducting an internal inquiry into a separate, unverified complaint about messages allegedly sent by a party MLA to a government official. Kallakurichi MLA C Arul Vignesh denied allegations that he had sent inappropriate WhatsApp messages to the Kallakurichi collector. "I have not done any such thing.
They are rumours. It is not true," he said.DMK president M K Stalin criticised the ruling TVK, saying Tamil Nadu's "law and order is in ICU" and the "administration is in coma"."There have been 17 murders on a single day.
And a TVK MLA is accused of sending obscene text messages to a female district collector. Criminals have no fear under the current government and police have no security either.
People's representatives from TVK have no control. In total, the 'part-time' Chief Minister has no responsibility at all," Stalin said in a post on X.Leader of the Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin asked when the Chief Minister would rein in the party's MLAs accused of misconduct."The Chief Minister, who is in 'sleep mode' without opening his mouth or taking responsibility for any of this, should wake up immediately and take appropriate action," Udhayanidhi Stalin said in a statement.AIADMK treasurer Dindigul Srinivasan also criticised Arul Vignesh over the allegation that he had sent inappropriate messages to the collector.
He claimed that the legislator "went to the collector's house in an inebriated condition and harassed her. This is shocking.""The collector who ought to protect the people seems to have no security for her from the ruling party MLA.
What a shame," Srinivasan said.AMMK general secretary TTV Dhinakaran alleged in a statement that the TVK leadership had turned a blind eye to functionaries accused of sexually harassing schoolgirls and kidnapping and gang-raping members of their own party."Bribing contractors, assaulting a person who came to petition the MLA about a public problem, sexual harassment of the district collector are among the heinous acts committed by the TVK MLAs who have been elected to serve the people. I request Chief Minister Vijay to conduct a detailed investigation into the complaint against the MLA for sending obscene text messages to a collector and going to her house and behaving in a disgusting manner, and ensure that he gets the maximum punishment if proved guilty," Dhinakaran said.The emergency meeting will focus on discipline and public conduct among TVK legislators as the party examines the complaints and faces criticism from opposition parties.- Ends