Tamil Nadu BJP Leader Arrested Over Tweet; "Highly Condemnable", Says Party
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The BJP has condemned the arrest with the state president accusing the state government of using the police to curtail free speech.
A BJP leader in Tamil Nadu was arrested on Friday for allegedly spreading fake news on social media. SG Suryah, the party's state secretary in Tamil Nadu, was arrested for a tweet alleging the death of a sanitation worker in Madurai. In the same tweet, Mr Suryah attacked Madurai MP Venkatesan for his silence. Use of police arrest for tweets/posts is REAL & TOTAL overreach n violation of right to due process of law n free speech.This was the normal tactic to silence by Rahuls Cong during UPA misusing Sec66A - recently its dynast allies too hv done it like @PawarSpeaks n now... https://t.co/rHMwFMnhWP
The Madurai district police have denied the incident taking place in the district.
The BJP has condemned the arrest with the state president accusing the state government of using the police to curtail free speech.
"The arrest of @BJP4TamilNadu State Secretary Thiru @SuryahSG avl is highly condemnable. His only mistake was to expose the nasty double standards of the communists, allies of DMK," State BJP president K Annamalai said on Twitter.
