NEW DELHI: The Tamil Nadu police on Thursday ‘arrested’ former BJP state president K Annamalai along with other party workers protesting against “dumping of waste from Tiruppur city at Chinnakalipalayam village,” BJP said.BJP alleged that it drew the Stalin government ire for supporting and protesting along with the the local residents against the decision of dumping the Tiruppur city in the Chinnakalipalayam village. It criticized the decision of arresting the BJP leader calling it condemnable.State BJP unit on X posting a video of Annamalai being detained said,” In the context of ongoing protests by residents of five villages against the dumping of waste from Tiruppur city at Chinnakalipalayam village, the Stalin government’s action of arresting our former state president, Mr. @annamalai_k, who participated in the protest in support of those people, is strongly condemnable..!”
