Former IPS officer Annamalai Kuppusamy joins BJP
Former IPS officer Annamalai Kuppusamy who earlier served as the Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Bengaluru, joined BJP amidst much speculations, on Tuesday.
By : migrator
Update: 2020-08-25 09:27 GMT
Chennai
As announced earlier, the former IPS officer also known as the 'Singham of Karnataka Police', joined BJP, today, August 25. The joining ceremony happened in party headquarters in Delhi as informed by him, in the presence of party General Secretary P Muralidhar Rao and Tamil Nadu BJP State President L Murugan.
Joining the BJP at its national headquarters here, Annamalai heaped praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he embodies a leader's qualities of fearlessness, courage, knowledge and giving spirit.
"I will work to strengthen what the BJP stands for and to bring that nationalist spirit to the state of Tamil Nadu," the 36-year-old former police officer, who has been involved in social work since quitting the IPS, told reporters.
BJP general secretary P Muralidhar Rao, who is his party's in-charge for the state, said the party has been attracting people from different segments into its fold in the state, which has been traditionally dominated by the two Dravidian parties, AIADMK and DMK.
He said it is very important to strengthen nationalist movement in Tamil Nadu, which will go to the assembly polls in the first half of the next year. Annamalai later met BJP national president J P Nadda.
A native of Tamil Nadu, Kuppusamy has spent 10 years in Karnataka. He resigned from the police service in 2019. Speculations arose that he would be joining the BJP after his resignation even while Annamalai cited personal reasons for his resignation.
Annamalai was fondly known as “Singham” in Karnataka State Police for successfully cracking down on criminals. He also enjoyed a clean image among the public.
Known for his 'no-nonsense' approach, Annamalai had earlier said that even before entering civil service, he nurtured a dream of doing multiple works.
(with inputs from PTI)
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