'DMK govt failed to maintain law and order': Union Minister L Murugan on BSP leader's killing in Tamil Nadu

Chennai: Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L Murugan condemned the killing of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Chief of Tamil Nadu unit on Saturday and criticised the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government.
He said the DMK government has failed to maintain law and order in the state.
In a conversation with ANI, Murugan said, " A National Party's state president was unable to survive because of the law and order situation in Tamil Nadu. The DMK government has totally failed to maintain law and order in the state."
Referring to the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy, which claimed over 60 lives earlier last month, the Union Minister said, "10 days ago, almost 70 people died due to illicit liquor... The Tamil Nadu CM controls the Police and Home Ministry and he is failing at it. Rahul Gandhi is visiting Hathras but he does not know where Kallakurichi is. Political leaders are being murdered, they don't have safety; where is the state headed?"
Tamil Nadu Chief of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) was hacked to death by a mob of unidentified men near his residence in Perambur, Chennai.
Chennai police have secured eight suspects so far and formed a special team to investigate the murder of the BSP leader.
Earlier today, CM Stalin expressed grief over the incident and paid condolences to the family of the slain leader.
CM Stalin also said that the police have been ordered to conduct the case expeditiously and bring the culprits to justice as per the law.
Taking to 'X', CM Stalin wrote, "Bahujan Samaj Party State President Mr. Armstrong's assassination is shocking and deeply saddening. The police arrested those involved in the murder overnight."
"I would like to convey my deepest condolences to all of Armstrong's party members, family, relatives, and friends who are bereaved, and I have ordered the police officers to conduct the case expeditiously and bring the culprits to justice as per the law," he added.
BSP Chief Mayawati has condemned the gruesome killing of the party's Tamil Nadu president, asking the state government to "punish the guilty."
"The gruesome killing of K. Armstrong, Tamil Nadu state Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president, outside his Chennai house is highly deplorable and condemnable. An advocate by profession, he was known as a strong Dalit voice in the state. The state government must punish the guilty," Mayawati said in a post on X on Friday.
Meanwhile, the body of the slain leader has been kept in the Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital mortuary for autopsy.