CHENNAI: Senior BJP leader from Tamil Nadu, K T Raghavan on Tuesday quit as the party’s state general secretary, after a controversial video involving him surfaced in the social media.
Raghavan, who announced his resignation on Twitter, denied his involvement in the video, purportedly showing him in an explicit video call with a woman.
The Congress’ state unit filed a complaint with the state police chief, demanding the arrest of Raghavan.
He claimed the video was aimed at tarnishing his image and also that of the party. Immediately after he learnt about it, he conferred with the BJP’s Tamil Nadu president K Annamalai and resigned.
He said he had accepted the resignation of Raghavan from the party post and claimed that a youtuber, also a BJP functionary, who uploaded the sleazy video, had called on him twice, pressing for action against Raghavan.
Meanwhile, the youtuber who uploaded the sleazy video call claimed that it was part of a sting operation.
Seeking Raghavan’s arrest, Karur Congress MP S Jothimani, accompanied by Congress Legislature Party Leader K Selvaperunthagai, filed a complaint with DGP C Sylendra Babu. (Agencies)