Will never support CJP, their agenda different: Annamalai clarifies amid row

India Today · India Today News Desk · 2026-10-23 03:14 UTC

K Annamalai who criticised the Centre039s crackdown on protests by the Cockroach Janta Party underlined that his remarks should not be construed as his support for the Abhijeet Dipke-led outfit

K Annamalai, who criticised the Centre's crackdown on protests by the Cockroach Janta Party, underlined that his remarks should not be construed as his support for the Abhijeet Dipke-led outfit.

A day after K Annamalai set tongues wagging by criticising the Centre's crackdown on protests by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), the former Tamil Nadu BJP chief clarified that his remarks should not be construed as his support for the Abhijeet Dipke-led outfit. Speaking at an event held by his 'We the Leaders' movement on Thursday, Annamalai batted in all directions - from criticising the Centre, praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to backing the cause behind the CJP protests.

"We never support the Cockroach Janta Party. Their agenda is different, and ours is different," Annamalai, who quit the BJP earlier this year to start his own political initiative, said. However, in the same vein, he asserted that every political party had the right to fight in a democracy.

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