Chennai, July 22 -- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay has extended support to Congress' protest, condemning the police action against the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protest on Monday.

The opposition MPs, including Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, held protests wearing black clothes against the government on the Parliament premises. On Tuesday, Congress led a protest at Lok Kalyan Marg, after which Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and several other leaders were detained by the police.

Congress had demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

Vijay condemned the detention of opposition leaders and termed th...