Earlier on Thursday, functionaries of Nam Tamizhar Katchi had conducted jallikattu in Cuddalore near the Tiruvanthipuram Devanathaswamy Temple premises and police arrested 28 people for violating the ban as reported.
Meanwhile, with the apex court declining to hear the matter, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) had blamed the Centre and state government for “not taking appropriate, timely steps” to ensure conduct of the event and announced a state-wide stir on Friday.
DMK working president and leader of Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Assembly MK Stalin had also participated in a demonstration held by college students in Chennai on Thursday seeking permission for jallikattu. “I extended support for the agitation by participating in their protest. It is welcome that students are holding protests for Jallikattu,” he told PTI. He said only such solidarity and participation by students “guarded our mother tongue”, in an apparent reference to the large scale anti-Hindi protests by students in 1960’s.
“Similarly, I believe that students’ agitations will protect jallikattu, the cultural symbol of the Tamil people,” he said.
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(Sourced from agencies, Feature image courtesy:oneindia.com)
