President of the local unit of the BJP R V Saminathan said in a release here today that the Congress leader V Narayanasamy had been elected the CLP leader and consequently to become a Chief Minister of the next government here.
"By electing a non member of the Assembly as Chief Minister the congress has made mockery of democracy", he said.
The police inaction came to the fore at a hotel where the Congress legislators meeting was held to elect the new CLP leader and where vandalism and violence reigned supreme after announcement of the name of Narayanasamy by a section of volunteers of the party, he alleged.
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