In a shocking revelation, Tamil Nadu BJP leader Annamalai and AIADMK General Secretary Edapadi K Palanisamy have condemned DMK Manachanallur MLA Kathiravan for controversial comments linked to a kidney-stealing racket.
Annamalai shared a video on social media where Kathiravan, whose hospitals are under investigation for alleged kidney smuggling, was recorded saying, “After doctor fee and medical expenses, I may get Rs 2 to 3 lakh. Do you know the cost of my father’s Rolls Royce car? It is 14.5 crore. The total operation I’ve done is 252. With Rs 2 lakh as profit, when will I buy Rolls Royce? I could have only bought it if I had removed all the kidneys from Thirupathur people. My only worry is that no one spoke about me saving 252 lives. No one is speaking about it.”
Here is Manachanallur DMK MLA Thiru Kathiravan, boasting without shame.
— K.Annamalai (@annamalai_k) August 13, 2025
In a video, he compares the profit from illegal kidney operations at his Trichy hospital to the ₹14.5 crore price of his father’s Rolls-Royce, admitting he’d need to remove all the kidneys in Thirupattur to… pic.twitter.com/4PqAJYeyEj
Reacting sharply, Annamalai stated, “This is not a joke. Poor weavers from Namakkal were lured, their kidneys stolen, and the MLA himself admits his hospital made at least Rs 7.5 crore from this trade. Yet, the DMK government has taken no concrete action. Has their functionary Dravida Anandan, the middleman in this kidney theft racket, even been arrested?”
Edapadi K Palanisamy also addressed the public, warning, “Don’t even visit clinics run by DMK men even by mistake. You may lose your kidney. A group is prevailing which shows money to poor and is stealing organs. DMK government itself constituted a committee which investigated and discovered kidney stealing in a hospital belonging to DMK MLA. Was there action taken? NO.” He further added that only the hospital's organ transplant license was cancelled, with no arrests made.
Edapadi highlighted the gravity of the MLA’s own words: “The MLA says that for buying a Rolls Royce car, he might have to remove people’s kidneys. His car is worth Rs 12 crore. He has admitted how many kidneys he needs to steal to buy the car, which is evident from the speech.”
