We The Leaders founder K Annamalai on Friday raised concerns about law and order in Tamil Nadu under the TVK government and sought clarity over an allegation of a ruling party MLA and sending obscene messages to a woman District Collector.Speaking to reporters in Coimbatore, the former BJP leader questioned the silence of the Chief Minister's Office and the ruling TVK over the alleged issue involving the party's Kallakurichi MLA and the collector. Noting that the collector had been absent from government events, he asked Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, who also holds the Home portfolio, to clarify whether the MLA had sent an inappropriate text message to the officer.“If he sent it, take action.

If he did not, say so openly. The continuous silence is only strengthening public suspicion and eroding trust in the government,” Annamalai said.

He added that the IAS Officers' Association should also break its silence.According to news agency PTI, Annamalai also targeted the government over what he described as a rise in violent crime. He claimed that 15 to 17 murders were reported on Deepavali day alone, including gang-related revenge killings and the murder of an IT engineer.

He criticised the police for conducting what he called a “rowdy parade” and detaining 300 history-sheeters in Chennai only after the festival and subsequent media reports, instead of taking preventive measures in advance.Annamalai also cited reports of record TASMAC liquor sales of Rs 441 crore over two days during Deepavali and incidents of prisoners escaping from jails across the state, including in Theni. He said 35 per cent of the electorate had voted for the TVK seeking a change from previous governments and urged the chief minister to take proactive steps to reform the police force instead of merely saying that offenders were being arrested.

However, he said he would wait until the government completed a year in office before making a comprehensive assessment of its performance.Responding to rumours of horse-trading ahead of a possible floor test, Annamalai warned opposition parties against trying to poach ruling party MLAs. Citing reports that TVK General Secretary and Minister N Anand had met around 30 MLAs at his residence, as well as reports of closed-door meetings at a private star hotel, he said people would not forgive anyone who tried to destabilise an elected mandate within six months and push the state into another floor test during ongoing by-elections.Asked about Sonia Gandhi's newly released autobiography, Annamalai said he had begun reading it. “Even if a leader belongs to a different ideology or party, we must look at their perspective,” he said.He said the book offered an interesting insight into Gandhi's journey from Cambridge University to her association with Rajiv Gandhi, her views on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and the Emergency, her decision not to accept the prime minister's post in 2004, and her battle with cancer.“One can debate her viewpoints or even accuse her of historical whitewashing, as certain things may not be completely acceptable.

Yet, as a leader who headed the Congress for a decade and saw many ups and downs, she has every right to share her side of the story,” Annamalai said.Annamalai called for clarity and action from the Tamil Nadu government on law and order while saying he would wait for it to complete a year before assessing its performance. He also said Gandhi's autobiography deserved to be read as an account of her perspective despite political and ideological differences.- Ends