00:00One of the biggest talking points on social media over the last 24 hours has been over
00:05We The Leaders founder, Anna Malai's comments on the CJP stuff.
00:11He's been the poster boy of the Tamil Nadu BJP and now he's criticising the BJP over
00:16their handling of the CJP protests.
00:19This, in fact, social media post by Anna Malai where he's gone into great detail of why he
00:23doesn't stand by what the BJP did on the Delhi police's handling of the CJP protest
00:28went viral quickly, with the BJP hitting back at the former Tamil Nadu BJP chief.
00:40After quitting the BJP and launching a new movement, We The Leaders, Anna Malai is going
00:45all guns blazing against his former party.
00:51Supporting the CJP stir in Delhi, Anna Malai said protesters should not be detained.
00:58He questioned the Delhi police's method of detaining the demonstrators.
01:03I may not agree with many of the CJP's mode of protest.
01:06I may not agree with the way CJP, some of their antics of CJP.
01:10That's a different argument.
01:11But I completely support CJP in terms of what the questions they want to raise.
01:16Fine.
01:16It is for the government to answer.
01:18But to arrest them for a violation and again to drag them in terms of how they spend their
01:24time in a jail, that is only going to make the leaders of CJP more stronger, I'm afraid
01:28about it.
01:29Anna Malai also recalled Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 2011 statement made when he was Gujarat
01:35chief minister, criticising the midnight police crackdown on anti-corruption protesters at
01:41Ramlila Maidan.
01:44Anna Malai said Modi was absolutely right at the time to assert that there was nothing wrong
01:49with protesting.
01:53These comments have kicked off a political storm with the BJP particularly not holding back
01:58in its response.
02:03Previously speaking about criticising BJP, Anna Malai made it clear there was no Lakshman
02:08Rekha on attacking BJP when they are wrong.
02:34Previously too, the former Tamil Nadu BJP chief attacked his ex-party saying he doesn't agree
02:40with the Gujarat model of governance.
02:43The Gujarat-centric model of Delhi development has to change a bit and you can't have all
02:48the AI companies going there, all wafer companies going there, 2030 Commonwealth Games going there,
02:532030 Polis Games going there, 2036 Olympic Games going to Ahmedabad.
02:57You cannot have this Gujarat model of all India development.
03:00That has to break.
03:01People are watching.
03:02People in Andhra are watching.
03:03People in Tamil Nadu are watching.
03:04People in Kerala are watching.
03:05It has to be a genuine broad-based development.
03:07Only then a national party will be accepted in a tough place like Tamil Nadu, when you are
03:11fair to all the people.
03:15There's a shock factor to hear the former poster boy of the BJP in Tamil Nadu now lashing out
03:21at the party.
03:24His views though has brought in a whole lot of support from Dravidian parties.
03:31The government has to change its priorities.
03:33The government is very insecure.
03:35They are insecure about the criticism that is happening against them.
03:39They should grow some spine.
03:41They should have some thick skin if they want to survive in politics.
03:46They should not misuse the police machinery.
03:49Now, Narayan Zirupadi says, Annamalai completely supported SIR.
03:55While Vinoj P. Selvam says that for Annamalai, national security has become a boring subject
04:01and Annamalai is dressing fence-sitting as wisdom.
04:05The fun, promote mother, point strain.
