After courting a major controversy, BJP leader in Tamil Nadu H Raja has claimed that a member of his staff…
BJP National Secretary H. Raja
After courting a major controversy, BJP leader in Tamil Nadu H Raja has claimed that a member of his staff who was managing his Facebook page had posted the controversial post regarding the statue of V Ramasamy aka Periyar.
“I was on my way from Tamil Nadu to Delhi when the statement was posted by the administrator of my FB page without my permission. I have deleted the post and removed my administrator,” Raja told reporters.
The Facebook post shared on the BJP leader’s page said, “Who is Lenin? What is the connection between him (Lenin) and India? What connection between communism and India? Lenin’s statue was broken down in Tripura. Today it is Lenin’s statue in Tripura and tomorrow it will be the statue of caste fanatic EV Ramasamy.”
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The post has now been deleted.
Earlier, in a fresh Facebook post on Wednesday, Raja had expressed his heartfelt regret for his Tuesday’s post.
Raja expressed regret if his post had hurt anybody’s feelings. According to him, damaging the statues of Ramasamy is not agreeable.
Late on Tuesday, two persons were arrested in Thirupattur in Vellore district for vandalising Ramasamy’s statue.
The attackers at the BJP’s office in Coimbatore had come in a three wheeler and had thrown the petrol bomb inside the office. Police are investigating the case.
(With agency inputs)
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