BJP Tamil Nadu General Secretary KT Raghavan resigned from the party on Tuesday, August 24, after YouTuber Madan Ravichandran published a sting video of the leader allegedly engaged in an explicit video call with a woman. There is, however, no audio in the sting video except for the first few seconds in which he can be heard saying “show” to the woman. Madan claimed that Raghavan's demand shocked the woman and she dropped the phone.
Raghavan announced his resignation through a tweet and said that he had met BJP Tamil Nadu chief K Annamalai and decided to tender his resignation. Raghavan, however, denied the allegations against him and claimed that the video had been released to tarnish him and the party. “I met and consulted with Annamalai. I resign from my party responsibility. I deny the allegations. I will take legal action. Dharma will win,” he said.
In his video, Madan said that he has had the video in his possession for some time and that the sting itself took several months, though the timeline is not clear. He also made several other claims, including saying that he has sting videos of around 15 BJP leaders. He said that he chose to publish Raghavan’s video first as he has the image of ‘Mr Clean’.
Madan also claimed that the sting video was shown to Annamalai, who retorted that it will take months to initiate any action based on it. Annamalai, however, said the video can be published, Madan claimed. Annamalai has not reacted to this claim yet.
TNM is unable to independently verify the authenticity of this video.