Annamalai Backs CJP Protest Right, BJP Hits Back on SIR

Former Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai criticised the Union government's crackdown on the Cockroach Janta Party's protest demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's removal, questioning the jailing of its leaders and the denotification of Jantar Mantar. The BJP accused him of double standards on SIR since his resignation from the party.