Tamil Nadu BJP president K. Annamalai has reinstated Suriya Shiva, who was removed from all party responsibilities last year, to the post of Other Backward Classes wing general secretary — the same post he had held prior to his removal.
In a statement on Thursday, November 2, 2023, Mr. Annamalai said Mr. Shiva has been advised to continue in the post he held earlier, based on his request. Mr. Annamalai had removed the functionary from all party responsibilities for a period of six months on November 24, 2022, after the recording of a telephone call, in which Mr. Shiva was heard hurling abuse and threats at the party’s State minority wing leader Daisy Saran, surfaced.
