Chennai: There is no possibility of any law and order situation in Tamil Nadu, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday as concerns mounted on Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa’s health.
“There is no issue of law and order. Law and order is not a concern yet,” Mr Singh told reporters in New Delhi. Home ministry sources said the Acting Tamil Nadu Governor CH Vidyasagar Rao told Mr Singh during a telephonic conversation on Monday morning that the state was peaceful and that there was no need for panic.
The sources said the Union Government was closely monitoring the situation in Tamil Nadu and all efforts are being made to maintain law and order so that no untoward incident takes place.
Additional police personnel deployed on Greams Road and Avvai Shanmugam Salai where a huge number of AIADMK cadres gathered. Barriacdes placed to keep the law and order situation under control.
“The home ministry officials are in constant touch with the officials of Tamil Nadu government and assessing the situation. Law and order situation in Tamil Nadu was normal so far and adequate central forces were available in the state to assist the state administration,” a senior official said.
As many as 900 personnel of Rapid Action Force (RAF) of CRPF have been put on stand-by to be immediately airlifted from various places in the country to Tamil Nadu, if needed, the official said.
Mr Singh had spoken to Mr Rao on Sunday night and enquired about the health of Ms Jayalalithaa after Apollo Hospitals said she had suffered a cardiac arrest.
Mr Rao had briefed Singh about the health condition of the Chief Minister and conveyed that doctors attending to her were taking all necessary steps, sources had said on Sunday, adding that the Governor told the Home Minister that he was rushing to Chennai to personally monitor the situation.
