K Annamalai, who recently left the BJP, questioned a cockroach effigy burned during Vijayadashmi in Delhi, asking whether the BJP opposes or is giving free publicity to the Cockroach Janta Party after BJP MLA Ashok Goel led the event. He accused authorities of delaying releases of CJP leaders Sourav Das and Ashutosh Ranka and criticized preventive arrest powers.
