“It is unacceptable that a student of law ignored the law,” said a senior BJP member on condition of anonymity. “Annamalai’s association with Karthik has only tarnished the former’s name.”
This “student of law” is Karthik Gopinath, 33, a right-wing YouTuber in Tamil Nadu who was arrested last week, and is now out on bail, on charges of “misappropriating” nearly Rs 40 lakh that he had crowdfunded to “renovate temple statues”. He runs a YouTube channel called Ilaya Bharatham – or “Young India” – with over two lakh followers.
