Calling the DMK an “evil force,” Annamalai urged the middle class to rise and question the government. He demanded the sacking of the Chennai city police commissioner or at least the deputy commissioner over the Anna University case.

The BJP leader alleged that the accused committed the crime emboldened by his affiliation to the ruling party. The DMK, however, has said that the accused in the varsity student sexual assault case was not even a primary member of the DMK.

Tamil Nadu BJP president Annamalai was also seen barefoot following his vow to not wear footwear until the DMK was ousted from power.

The rape of an Anna University second-year student, appallingly inside the campus, has snowballed into a political controversy in Tamil Nadu. The DMK government has been forced to the back foot as the opposition mounted pressure on the government for the deteriorating law and order situation in the state.

Annamalai charges women unsafe under the DMK regime in Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu BJP leader to fast for 48 days in the name of Lord Muruga

Annamalai criticised the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)-led government, alleging an increase in crimes against women, ANI reported. He told reporters that two unidentified persons entered the campus and assaulted the student.

Chennai: Tamil Nadu BJP chief K. Annamalai intensified his campaign to oust the DMK government by staging an unusual protest outside his residence in Coimbatore on Friday. As announced the day before,

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has claimed that the suspect apprehended for the sexual assault on a 19-year-old student from Anna University in Chennai is a "repeat offender and a DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) functionary".

Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai accused the state police of willfully revealing the identity of the 19-year-old who was sexually assaulted at Anna University. He accused the ruling party of failing to protect women against such 'dreadful crimes'.

Tamil Nadu BJP leader Annamalai condemned the act of publicising the details of the identity of the victim through the FIR.