Tamil Nadu BJP Chief Faces Turmoil Amid Claims He Wanted Sleaze Tape Out

At 37, Annamalai Kuppusamy, is the youngest president Tamil Nadu BJP ever had and he is the first to rise to the position in the state unit within a year of joining the party.

Nearly a month after taking over as Tamil Nadu's BJP chief, former IPS officer Annamalai is facing trouble amid rumblings with the party.  Tensions have been brewing after an audio tape surfaced earlier this week in which Mr Annamalai is reportedly heard giving a go-ahead for the release of a sting video that has put a senior leader in the dock, embarrassing the party. Did you see any one woman from the party come n complain about misbehavior from anyone? We stand with every women if subjected to sexual assault,party or not. We stand with women to empower them. And am surprised you didn't read where I said "matter will n should be investigated" https://t.co/6zc5kjXGiw "Call is yours. How you would want to do it? If you publish (the video) then I would expel them all in a matter of one or two hours. If you don't publish then it is a bigger headache for me. I have to show this to all, convince all and expel two every month. Hope you are understanding," he is purportedly heard saying in the video. NDTV could not independently verify the authenticity of the audio tape. The conversation linked to a senior state BJP leader's alleged explicit video call with a woman party worker. KT Raghavan, the General Secretary of Tamil Nadu BJP and a senior RSS leader, had quit from his post a few days ago, hours after footage of his alleged sleaze video call with the woman went viral.