Annamalai to clear air on new party soon
CHENNAI, June 1: Amid speculations that he was sulking in the BJP and that he may float a new political party, the saffron party leader from Tamil Nadu, K Annamalai, on Monday said he would clarify his stand in two days.Asked about speculations that he may launch a new political party, Annamalai, before leaving for Delhi, told reporters at the airport that he would provide answers and make his stand clear in two days.“Please wait. We will sit down and talk in two days,” he told reporters when pressed about the buzz that he is heading to the national capital to meet party chief Nitin Nabin, as he planned to quit the party.The former state president’s opposition to the recent CBSE’s announcement on implementing the three-language policy for Class 9 students from the current academic year, and his demand to roll back the notification, fuelled speculation that he was opposing the Centre as he was getting geared up to launch his own party. A source in the BJP said that Annamalai was unlikely to quit the party as he may be given a bigger role to play. (PTI)
Woman, three daughters die after consuming pesticide
SHAHDOL (MP), June 1: A 32-year-old woman and her three daughters died after allegedly consuming a pesticide in MP’s Shahdol district. Anita Singh (32) allegedly administered the pesticide to her three daughters before consuming it herself on Saturday night. Her daughters, Ritika (4) and Krishnakumari (2), died soon after.Police said the eldest daughter managed to come out of the house and alert neighbours, who later died during treatment.The child also told neighbours that her mother set fire to documents, clothes, photographs and grains stored in the house after administering the poisonous substance.A packet of aluminium phosphide from the spot. “The girl was unable to explain why her mother took the step,” a police official said. (PTI)
