The Chennai Press Club urged the state government to implement the promise of setting up a separate commission for the welfare of journalists and media houses.
When a reported asked Annamalai a question which he refused to answer, the state BJP president insinuated, yet again, that the Tamil media is under the control of the ruling DMK.
The AIADMK and BJP have come out strongly against the Tamil Nadu government led by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin for trying to suppress freedom of press.The two parties were condemning the registration of an FIR against the Directors of Junior .