The musician associated with the raging pro-jallikattu protests yesterday announced backing out of the agitation citing the presence of 'anti-national' elements, but vowed to back the bull-taming sport.

Known as 'Hip-Hop Tamizha', Adhi, who has composed a Tamil track in support of jallikattu, claimed that the movement was 'losing steam and veering off its desired path'.

He claimed that during the protests at Coimbatore, he had come across an incident involving an 'insult' to the national flag even as some tried to give a communal colour to it.