Madurai Deepam Row: BJP Leader Annamalai Slams TVK Chief Vijay's Silence, alleges 'Minority Appeasement'

In this news report, BJP Leader K. Annamalai launches a scathing attack on TVK Chief Vijay for his silence on the Madurai Deepam row. Annamalai accuses Vijay of 'appeasing the minorities' by choosing to remain silent on the issue while previously speaking up for a minority MLA in Puducherry. The controversy centers on the DMK government's opposition to lighting the Karthigai Deepam at the Tiruparankundram shrine and their move to impeach Madras High Court Justice G.R. Swaminathan, who permitted the ritual. India Today's Pramod Madhav provides context on the escalating war of words.