Tamil Nadu BJP leaders persist with ‘Vetrivel Yatra’, court arrest
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The BJP’s State president, L. Murugan, courted arrest in Hosur on Tuesday upon reaching the district on his ‘Vetrivel Yatra’, which had been banned by the State authorities. The get together’s former nationwide secretary, H. Raja, courted arrest in Krishnagiri whereas addressing an analogous yatra led by him.
Defying the ban, Mr. Murugan, clad in a saffron shirt and inexperienced dhoti, with his brow smeared with ash, made a dramatic entry, wielding a Vel (spear), amid chants of ‘Vetri Vel – Veera Vel’ and ‘Bharat mata ki jai’. He was accompanied by get together vice-president K. Annamalai. Mr. Murugan, who addressed a public assembly, dubbed the yatra a “fitting response to the denigration of our Tamil God and Tamil culture by the DMK and the Karuppar Kootam (referring to the Kanda Sashti Kavacham controversy)”. He claimed that the yatra will “rip the mask off the face of [DMK chief] Stalin”.
“This yatra will culminate at Thiruchendur on December 6, and no force can stop it,” he mentioned. “Periyar was falsely projected as having fought for women’s liberation. On the contrary, he enslaved women,” . He frequented brothels and requested his spouse to cook dinner meals and ship it throughout for his revelry,” Mr. Raja claimed. Mr. Raja additionally dubbed each Periyar and DMK patriarch Annadurai ‘anti-nationals’ and ‘traitors’. He claimed that the nation was being “swept by the BJP wave”, and that Tamil Nadu will see this wave in May 2021, referring to the upcoming elections.
Later, the BJP chief was arrested and detained alongside with get together cadre.
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