Chennai: Bharatiya Janata Party ‘s Tamil Nadu unit president Ok Annamalai on Sunday met governor R N Ravi with a celebration delegation and sought elimination of two ministers from the DMK-led authorities over hooch deaths.

Following 22 deaths within the twin hooch tragedies, the BJP sought the dismissal of minister for minorities Gingee KS Masthan alleging that he’s intently related to the provider of the spurious liquor, and minister for electrical energy, prohibition and excise Senthil Balaji for not discharging his duties and for his alleged position within the cash-for-jobs rip-off.

For the previous one week the opposition BJP and their ally AIADMK have mounted stress on the state authorities on the hooch deaths in Villupuram and Chengalpattu and minister Balaji. On Sunday, the BJP for the primary time additionally made allegations in opposition to minister Masthan. The governor has already sought a report from chief secretary Irai Anbu on the 22 deaths and 50 others who’re present process therapy in numerous hospitals. Six accused have been arrested in each instances, police stated.

“The prime accused, in this case, is related to DMK,” Annamalai alleged on Sunday. “The man arrested in Chengalpattu is the brother of DMK’s mandal vice president. Maruvoor Raja, the primary source of supply of illicit liquor, has constantly appeared alongside Tamil Nadu minority affairs minister Thiru Gingee Masthan…Your Excellency, we request your kind intervention on this matter. Thiru Gingee Mastan and Thiru Senthil Balaji have failed to discharge their duties; they have to be removed from their ministerial position immediately,” Annamalai stated in a memorandum.

Balaji has additionally been dealing with the warmth after the Supreme Court final week allowed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to proceed its probe in opposition to him in a case during which he’s accused of taking bribes to supply jobs when he was the transport minister (2011-2015) within the earlier AIADMK authorities. “After becoming the minister (in May 2021), he has been pulling strings to get rid of the case,” Annamalai accused him.

The BJP chief additionally claimed {that a} man, Kuppusamy, died in Thanjavur because of illicit liquor on Sunday.

The authorities has suspended senior cops from Villupuram and Chengalpattu over the deaths. Deputy inspector normal Ziaul Haque, who on May 15 was posted as the brand new DIG within the Villupuram vary, on Sunday warned that strict motion can be taken on this case.

Balaji had beforehand stated that the deaths had been unlucky and that he would cooperate with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) within the investigation of the cash-for-jobs rip-off. Masthan has not reacted to the developments.

Annamalai stated the state BJP unit will launch a “white paper” within the subsequent fortnight with a plan for a way Tamil Nadu can shut down 80% of outlets of the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) which has a monopoly over wholesale and retail liquor gross sales. “We will conduct a conference in Villupuram because that’s where the most number of deaths have occurred,” Annamalai stated. As many as 16 individuals in Villupuram district and 6 in Chengalpattu district died after they drank spurious liquor on May 13.

The AIADMK will go on a statewide protest on Monday and the social gathering normal secretary and chief of opposition Edappadi Palaniswami will march in direction of the Raj Bhavan to submit an inventory of complaints in opposition to the state authorities.