Stalin is dismissed by Palaniswami when a prominent police officer in Chennai is transferred, saying, "Only......."

Hours after the state government moved Chennai's Police Commissioner, former Tamil Nadu chief minister Edapaddi K Palaniswami stated on Monday that a law and order crisis could not be resolved by just moving an official.

Days after K Armstrong, the head of the Bahujan Samaj Party's Tamil Nadu chapter, was killed, IPS officer Sandeep Rai Rathore was transferred (BSP). The city police have named Arun as their new head.

Ensuring appropriate governance is the only way to protect law and order. The police department is under the direct supervision of the chief minister.Law and order could have been effectively maintained if he had led the department effectively, Palaniswami, the general secretary of the opposition AIADMK, told reporters.

Palaniswami accused Chief Minister MK Stalin of being a "puppet" and "inept," and claimed that the police have failed to maintain law and order because they have not been given "complete freedom."

The former chief minister went on to say that the police force has never been able to operate "independently" under the Stalin-led ruling DMK.

This explains the high rate of drug use as well as crimes including robberies, murders, and dacoity. Every day there is a murder, the leader of the AIADMK continued.

"There is no safety for anyone in the state, including political leaders," the Leader of the Opposition in Tamil Nadu further stated.