Chennai, Dec. 7 -- Following the detention of several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in connection with the Karthigai Deepam row, Tamil Nadu BJP President Nainar Nagendran on Sunday accused Tamil Nadu Chief Minister of using the Tirupparankunram temple-mosque issue for vote bank politics.

Nainar Nagendran was detained in Madurai Tirupparankunram on Thursday by the Tamil Nadu police.

Speaking to reporters, Nainar Nagendran said, "The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu always tells lies because he is focused only on the party's voting patterns. Yesterday was the memorial day of BR Ambedkar. He told really bad things in Madurai. His party people are criticising the court decision, which is not good. CM has the capacity to take action again...