Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader K. Annamalai targeted the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)-led state government over the high death toll in Karur Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam rally stampede. Annamalai blamed the state police's intelligence failure for the deaths and demanded a CBI probe to unearth the cause of the stampede.

The former Tamil Nadu BJP president met injured victims undergoing treatment at the government medical college hospital in Karur and inquired about their well-being. Annamalai said the Karur BJP unit will offer an aid of Rs 1 lakh to the kin of those deceased in the incident.

Alleging local administration failed to protect the people, Annamalai demanded that the state government must suspend the district collector and district police chief immediately, and they should

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