Annamalai’s attack on the DMK coincides with him cooling down on the AIADMK since his return to active politics

On alleged sexual assault of a student inside Anna University campus, DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi said, “The Chief Minister has ordered action against the culprit without any bias. Accordingly, the accused has been arrested and action has been taken.

The sexual assault on a girl student at the prestigious state-run Anna University in the heart of Chennai, on the night before Christmas eve, has sent shockwaves across the state.

A massive political row has erupted in Tamil Nadu after a second-year engineering student of Chennai's Anna University was sexually assaulted and her male friend thrashed on campus Monday night

BJP Tamil Nadu President K Annamalai shared a photo linking Gnanasekaran, the accused in the Anna University sexual assault case, to DMK leaders. Tamil Nadu Law Minister S Regupathy denied any party connection,

AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami called for a CBI probe into the rape of a student at Anna University, accusing the DMK of protecting the accused. Palaniswami highlighted the need for strict handling of such crimes and criticized the current government's approach.

Karnataka BJP said that as a mark of protest, Annamalai symbolically inflicted lashes on himself with a whip, representing divine faith and justice, to condemn the DMK government's inaction.