Chennai, March 17 -- Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief K Annamalai on Monday lashed out at the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government for detaining party leaders, including former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, for protesting against the alleged irregularities in Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited (TASMAC), saying that the state government was "trembling with fear".

The protest was organised at Chennai TASMAC headquarters. However, the police detained Soundararajan from her residence while placing other BJP leaders in the state including Vinoj P Selvam under house arrest.

"We, on behalf of Tamil Nadu BJP, had announced a protest today at the Chennai TASMAC headquarters to protest the DMK governme...