Activists warned against hoisting flag
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The Tamil Nadu police have warned activists of varied Tamil nationalist organisations against hoisting a separate flag representing the State of Tamil Nadu to mark its formation day on November 1.
Even as completely different organisations, together with the ‘Thamizhar Viduthalai Kazhagam’, ‘May-17’ Movement, ‘Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam’, ‘Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhagam’ and ‘Thamil Desiya Makkal Munnani’ amongst others have deliberate to unveil and hoist a separate flag for Tamil Nadu in public locations or in entrance of their social gathering/residential premises, the police have cautioned them that such an act would “violate the values enshrined in the Constitution of India and also come under the purview of an offence under Section 124A (Sedition) of the Indian Penal Code.”
In a discover to the Chennai District Secretary of the ‘Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhagam’ who organised a gathering right here on October 20 and declared {that a} new flag representing the State of Tamil Nadu can be unveiled and hoisted on November 1, the Chennai Police cautioned the organisation to chorus from organising such occasions as they might result in “breach of public peace”.
According to police sources, ‘Periariya Unarvalargal Koottamaippu’ has proposed to distribute sweets and hoist the T.N. flag in entrance of the residence of members on Nov. 1 on the State Formation Day.
There was additionally a particular enter that ‘Naam Thamizhar Katchi’ coordinator Seeman had additionally appealed to his social gathering cadres to hoist a separate flag for Tamil Nadu in entrance of their homes and organise cultural programmes in all Assembly constituencies.
Senior police officers throughout the State have been alerted to stop any transfer by such organisations to unveil or hoist a separate flag for the State of Tamil Nadu.
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