The gesture has helped Annamalai seize the initiative on the Anna University sexual assault case, underlining AIADMK’s laggardness on the issue

BJP leader Annamalai protested against the Tamil Nadu government by whipping himself, citing ongoing injustices. He vowed to fast for 48 days and not wear footwear until the ruling party is removed.

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,

Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai, clad in a green dhoti, flogged himself in front of his residence in Coimbatore, protesting against the state police.

Annamalai also shared pictures of accused Gnanasekaran with deputy chief minister and son of MK Stalin, Udhayanidhi Stalin, and other top DMK leaders

Amid the massive political row over the sexual assault case on Anna University's campus in Chennai, the BJP has alleged that the arrested accused is a DMK worker who has been involved in similar crime

K Annamalai publicly whipped himself, as part of his protest demanding justice in the alleged sexual assault case of a 19-year-old student at Anna University

In a move that blurred the lines between protest and performance, Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president K Annamalai flogged himself six times on the

Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai staged a unique agitation in Coimbatore on Friday when he flogged himself condemning the ruling DMK and the state police over the handling of the case of sexual assault on a Chennai college student on Christmas eve.

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.