Chennai: AMMK leader T T V Dhinakaran and ‘We The Leader’ founder K Annamalai on Saturday criticised functionaries of TVK for conducting unauthorised inspections, celebrating a birthday, and shooting social media videos on the premises of government schools across the state.
Dhinakaran’s Allegations
In a post on X, Dhinakaran said that TVK functionaries had entered a panchayat union school in Kunnur, Tiruvarur district, to conduct an unauthorised inspection. In another incident at a government school in Idubavanam, a group of TVK cadres celebrated a member’s birthday on campus. He flagged a third incident in Uthiramerur, Kancheepuram district, where TVK members placed chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s photograph in a classroom to shoot videos for social media.
Disruption of Administrative Rules
Dhinakaran said these disruptions were a “direct result of state government’s failure to act against political high-handedness”. “Such acts violate administrative rules that keep government institutions functioning. The unwanted intrusion of TVK functionaries has stressed school officials and inconvenienced the public,” he said, demanding TVK leadership take action.
Annamalai’s Criticism
Annamalai too posted about the Uthiramerur classroom incident on X. He said that while the school education minister has an uphill task of restoring the standards and prestige of these institutions, such actions by TVK cadres are further damaging the already fragile public schooling system.
Annamalai added that being part of the party in office “does not grant anyone the licence to enter active classrooms and disturb students”. Expressing hope that Chief Minister Vijay will not tolerate such indiscipline within his ranks, Annamalai appealed to him and school education minister A Rajmohan to instruct party cadres to refrain from such activities.
