BJP leader Subramaniam Swamy has criticised Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for deciding to set free the assassins and asked the Centre to intervene on the issue.

"Jayalalithaa is a cinema actress who does not know laws and has taken the decision without bothering to know as to what relevant provision of law says," Swamy told reporters in Vadodara today.

He appealed to the Centre to "take appropriate steps in preventing Jayalalithaa from taking such a decision" and if necessary, even "take action against her" if she goes ahead with it.