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Tamilisai gets ‘death threat,’ urges EC action
BJP Tamil Nadu Unit President Tamilisai Soundararajan on Monday said she had received a threat to her life in the form of an SMS from an unidentified person, asking her to withdraw from the fray in the May 16 Assembly elections.
Chennai
Tamilisai, who is contesting from the Virugambakkam Assembly constituency in Chennai city, has received the threat in her mobile phone at around 9 pm last night. She said, since she was campaigning, she had noticed the SMS only around 11 pm last night.
The SMS warned her of dire consequences if she did not withdraw from the contest on the last date for withdrawals on Monday. “If you did not withdraw from the contest, you will be killed by ramming a lorry into your car. Asserting she would not be cowed by such threats, she urged the Election Commission (EC) to take action against the culprit for sending the threatening SMS.”
“Even if other political leaders receive such threats, the EC should take stringent action against those issuing such threats,” she added. She observed that she did not suspect any individual in this regard.
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