{"id":8785,"date":"2026-08-05T05:57:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T05:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=8785"},"modified":"2026-08-05T05:57:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T05:57:06","slug":"3000-cops-one-leader-udhayanidhi-decries-terrorist-style-arrest-by-tvk-govt-chennai-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=8785","title":{"rendered":"3,000 cops, one leader: Udhayanidhi decries &#8216;terrorist&#8217;-style arrest by TVK govt | Chennai News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132888246,imgsize-228059,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/clockwise-dmk-supporters-greet-udhayanidhi-stalin-after-release-near-thanjavur-tvk-supporters-carry-out-a-demonstration-outside-trichy-district-collectorate-dmk-protest-near-anna-arivalayam.jpg\" alt=\"3,000 cops, one leader: Udhayanidhi decries 'terrorist'-style arrest by TVK govt\" title=\"(Clockwise) DMK supporters greet Udhayanidhi Stalin after release near Thanjavur; TVK supporters carry out a demonstration outside Trichy district collectorate; DMK protest near Anna Arivalayam\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"(Clockwise) DMK supporters greet Udhayanidhi Stalin after release near Thanjavur; TVK supporters carry out a demonstration outside Trichy district collectorate; DMK protest near Anna Arivalayam\">(Clockwise) DMK supporters greet Udhayanidhi Stalin after release near Thanjavur; TVK supporters carry out a demonstration outside Trichy district collectorate; DMK protest near Anna Arivalayam<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>CHENNAI: Several leaders, including political rivals of DMK, criticised the arrest of Leader of Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin on Tuesday. Though they found Udhayanidhi\u2019s remark objectionable, they said the arrest was unwarranted, especially when the state assembly session was set to begin.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>TVK leaders, however, flayed Udhayanidhi and defended the arrest.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Former chief minister MK Stalin said the arrest was a sign of arrogance on the part of the TVK govt.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>\u201cArrogance leads to destruction and continued arrogance only hastens that destruction. The arrest of LoP was intended to divert attention from the govt\u2019s failures on the Cauvery issue,\u201d Stalin said in a statement.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Soon after Udhayanidhi was arrested, Stalin held a meeting with party seniors at DMK headquarters in Chennai. <!-- -->Then, in a statement, he said Udhayanidhi had not made any offensive remark or referred to any individual in his speech.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>\u201cSome leaders have criticised Udhayanidhi without verifying facts. This is a diversionary tactic,\u201d the DMK president said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami said Udhayanidhi had to watch his words, but the arrest ahead of the budget session was condemnable.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>\u201cAIADMK has pointed out that Udhayanidhi should hold his tongue. But I strongly condemn the dummy horse govt which wants to paralyze the legislative assembly by attempting to conduct the budget session in the absence of the LoP,\u201d Palaniswami said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component iIpbx undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Leader react\" msid=\"132888328\" width=\"\" title=\"Leader react\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"47529300\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-132888328\/leader-react.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Leader react<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>DMDK general secretary Premallatha Vijayakant said the arrest amounted to a revival of the colonial-era \u201cGagging Act.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss held a similar view. The ruling party and the opposition should focus on constructive politics, he said. <!-- -->\u201cThe police action was unnecessary and politically motivated, especially after high court advised against immediate arrest,\u201d Anbumani said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>VCK president Thol Thirumavalavan said VCK did not agree with the arrest of Udhayanidhi with a budget session ahead. \u201cI don\u2019t know why police acted hastily despite Madras high court asking them not to proceed with the arrest. The approach by police is not acceptable,\u201d Thirumavalavan said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/>TVK ministers, Congress and MDMK, however, defended the govt. Vijay had taught a lesson to DMK by arresting Udhayanidhi, public works department minister Aadhav Arjuna said, while electricity minister R Nirmalkumar said Udhayanidhi had lost his right to enter the assembly.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>\u201cLet DMK leaders play Udhayanidhi\u2019s speech to their family members and see whether they accept such language,\u201d the minister said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/>Industries minister S Keerthana said the speech was obscene and insulted the dignity of women.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"38\"\/>TNCC president B Manickam Tagore demanded Udhayanidhi withdraw his remarks and seek a public apology, while MDMK general secretary Vaiko said the remarks had weakened Tamil Nadu\u2019s united stand on the Cauvery issue.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"40\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>Cadres take to streets across state<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>The arrest of Leader of Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin triggered widespread protests by DMK partymen and supporters across Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, resulting in road blockades, mass detentions and traffic disruptions.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"44\"\/>TVK functionaries, meanwhile, carried out demonstrations at several places, calling for action against him.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"46\"\/>In Chennai, hundreds of DMK workers gathered outside Udhayanidhi\u2019s Neelankarai residence and tried to stop the police convoy from taking him. Protests spilled onto arterial roads such as Anna Salai and ECR, paralysing traffic for nearly two hours.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"48\"\/>Police foiled attempts to burn effigies of chief minister C Joseph Vijay in Kancheepuram and Gummidipoondi.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"51\"\/>Traffic was disrupted in Trichy and Pudukkottai, where more than 1,800 cadres, including former minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi and local MLAs, were detained during road blockades.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"53\"\/>The arrest, Poyyamozhi said, was a political move to prevent Udhayanidhi from raising the Mekedatu issue in the assembly.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"55\"\/>In southern districts, senior leaders including former AIADMK chief minister O Panneerselvam and ex-ministers P Moorthy and I Periyasamy led demonstrations demanding the immediate withdrawal of charges. <!-- -->They were also detained.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"59\"\/>Functionaries and women\u2019s wing leaders of TVK carried out demonstrations in Trichy, Pudukkottai, Madurai and Coimbatore against Udhayanidhi\u2019s remarks and filed multiple police complaints.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"61\"\/>While TVK supporters distributed sweets following Udhayanidhi\u2019s arrest, those of DMK celebrated and burst firecrackers in Thanjavur after his release in the evening.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"63\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>Spreading fake news is TVK\u2019s policy, says Udhaya<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>Udhayanidhi said he would legally face the case foisted against him by TVK govt to \u201cintimidate\u201d him.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"67\"\/>\u201cI am not scared of such actions,\u201d Udhayanidhi told reporters at Trichy airport.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"69\"\/>\u201cThe govt told high court that they are taking me into custody for an inquiry. But they have spent taxpayer\u2019s money, engaged more than 3,000 police personnel and brought me from Chennai to Thanjavur like a terrorist. I will face the case legally,\u201d Udhayanidhi said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"71\"\/>Defending his controversial remarks, Udhayanidhi said his intention was not to demean anyone. <!-- -->\u201cBut some leaders, without listening to or understanding my full speech, have condemned me,\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"75\"\/>He said the police case was part of TVK\u2019s diversionary tactics. \u201cSince my speech at the protest in Thanjavur was well received among farmers, the govt wanted to divert it by filing false charges,\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"78\"\/>Alleging that chief minister C Joseph Vijay hurriedly left for Chennai after Karur stampede, without responding to media at Trichy airport, Udhayanidhi said he was not someone who \u201cflees\u201d like that.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"81\"\/>He thanked DMK cadres, party leaders and the legal wing for standing by him during the arrest attempt.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"83\"\/>Responding to a question on how he views 100 days of TVK govt, he said, \u201cI don\u2019t consider this as a govt, it\u2019s a circus camp. People are watching the developments, they will deliver their verdict soon,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/chennai\/3000-cops-one-leader-udhayanidhi-decries-terrorist-style-arrest-by-tvk-govt\/articleshow\/132887962.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Clockwise) DMK supporters greet Udhayanidhi Stalin after release near Thanjavur; TVK supporters carry out a demonstration outside Trichy district collectorate; DMK protest near Anna Arivalayam CHENNAI: Several leaders, including political rivals of DMK, criticised the arrest of Leader of Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin on Tuesday. 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