Selvaperunthagai, Annamalai spar over ‘rowdy’ jibe
New Indian ExpressCHENNAI: TNCC president K Selvaperunthagai and BJP state president K Annamalai had a heated exchange on Tuesday through press conferences and posts on X after the latter labelled Selvaperunthagai a former history-sheeter. In response, Selvaperunthagai held a press conference at his party headquarters here on Tuesday, where he claimed that since Annamalai took office, 261 individuals involved in 1,977 cases had been enrolled in the BJP, with some even made office-bearers. He alleged BJP functionary RK Suresh, was interrogated by the Economic Offence Wing over Aarudhra Gold scam, and another functionary, Harish, was also involved in the scam. Meanwhile, hours later the warning of Selvaperunthagai surfaced in media news, Annamalai mentioned a long list of various criminal cases which were registered against him in the past and added that he refuses to tender an apology.