General Secretary of Tamil Nadu BJP  K.T Raghavan quit from his post-Tuesday after a ‘sting operation’ showed him purportedly engaging in a sexually explicit video chat with a woman. Raghavan took to Twitter and said he refutes all the allegations and will take the legal action. He said the people of Tamil Nadu and those closely associated with him know him well.

Raghavan claimed the video was aimed to tarnish his image and also that of the party. Immediately after he learnt about it, he conferred with the BJP's Tamil Nadu president K Annamalai and resigned.  Taking to a Twitter note, Raghavan wrote: 'For the last 30 years, I have worked for the party without expecting any benefit. I came to know about a video on social media in the morning. It has been released with the intent to malign me and my party. I met state president Annamalai and discussed it. I am resigning from my party post. I deny the allegations. I will take the legal route. Dharma will win!'

Later, Annamalai announced the constitution of a panel to investigate sexual allegations against party members and said Raghavan will prove his "innocence." The party chief said that he had ordered the constitution of a committee under BJP state secretary Malarkody to probe the allegations. "Women in our party are held in esteem and they are safe," Annamalai said.

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