Declare Palani a separate district, says Annamalai

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Former BJP authorities   president   K. Annamalai addressing a objection  held successful  Palani connected  Tuesday.

Former BJP authorities president K. Annamalai addressing a objection held successful Palani connected Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Former BJP State president K. Annamalai has called for Palani taluk successful Dindigul territory to beryllium declared arsenic the 39th territory of Tamil Nadu. This would assistance successful the wide improvement of some Dindigul territory and Palani, helium said.

Addressing the gathering astatine a protestation conducted successful this respect connected Tuesday, helium said Mayiladuthurai district, the 38th district, was carved retired of Nagapattinam territory successful 2020. The DMK authorities had not added immoderate caller territory to the State, helium said.

Palani, arsenic a abstracted district, was a long-pending request of the people. Sri Dhandayuthapani Swami temple successful Palani attracts lakhs of tourists during Thai Poosam and different festivals. Similarly, radical successful ample numbers sojourn Kodaikanal, helium said.

Dindigul is simply a ample territory with 7 Assembly constituencies. People from Palani person to question astatine slightest 70 kms to scope Dindigul Collectorate for grievance redressal. Palani has to beryllium developed into a headquarters. Only past with the officials sitting successful Palani would the grievance of the radical beryllium redressed and determination would beryllium wide development, helium said.

Erode was carved retired of Coimbatore district. Similarly, Tirupur was carved retired of Coimbatore district. The 3 districts present person idiosyncratic identities and person seen important development. So were Salem and Namakkal districts. So for the wide improvement of Palani it should beryllium made a abstracted territory and this was a conscionable demand, helium said.

The DMK authorities should instrumentality steps and denote it different the NDA would state Palani arsenic a abstracted territory aft coming to power, Mr. Annamalai said.

He complained that the temple municipality had turned into a garbage municipality and according to the caller surveys Palani was ranked precise poorly successful sanitation. There were implicit 500 cities up of Palani. Palani lacked basal infrastructure. Even the Palani elevation temple is not being maintained properly. The DMK authorities has not implemented the resolutions passed during Global Muthamizh Murugan Conference held successful Palani successful 2024, helium said.

He besides slammed the DMK authorities for the cancellation of the TNPSC examinations and said that the DMK had not fulfilled its canvass promises. He added that AIIMS successful Madurai volition go afloat operational by the extremity of this year.

Published - February 11, 2026 09:12 p.m. IST

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