Tamil Nadu BJP Mahila Morcha leaders detained while rallying for justice for an Anna University assault victim. BJP accuses DMK government of suppressing protests and shielding offenders.

The BJP has been on the front foot in the last 10 days, in its attempt to whip up public sentiment against the DMK and the Tamil Nadu government's apparent inaction against the perpetrator of the crime,

TN BJP chief K Annamalai has said that unlike any other political party, the DMK controls the entire system in the state but now the time has come for a national party in the state.

Justice P Velmurugan said that instead of treating the incident as a wake-up call to focus on crimes against women, the issue was being politicised