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TN BJP Removes Actor For Anti-Party Activities, Bars OBC Leader Over A Controversial Audio

An audio clip purporting to show the leaderౠ of the Tamil Nadu BJP using abusive language against an employee went viral on Tuesday, and the party cut an actor from her postings for alleged anti-party activities. 🐲

Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai
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The Tamil Nadu BJP on Tuesday barred its OBC wing leader from party events after an audio clip in which he is purportedly heard usi🅷ng abusive language against a womaꦆn colleague went viral and removed an actor from her posts for alleged anti-party activities.

BJP TN President⛄ K Annamalai said the telephonic conversation between the party's State General Secretary, OBC Morcha, Trichy Surya Siva that of state BJP minority wing head Daisy Saran "came to my knowledge."

A one-man disciplinary panel has been ask💯ed to submit a report on the matter to the party high command within a week and till that time "we advise Surya Siva not to attend party programmes," Annamalai said in a statement, uploaded on the state BJP's official Twitter handle.

Surya, son of senꩲio൩r DMK leader and the party's Rajya Sabha MP Trichy Siva, joined the BJP in May this year.

In a separate sta🌼tement, Annamalai announced the suspension of actor Gayathri Raguramm for six months from all her party posts for "repeatedly violating party discipline and br🔥inging disrepute" to it.

Among others, she is State President⛄ of the Other State and Overseas Tamil Development and🥃 Art and Culture State wing.