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3 DMK leaders booked over remarks on CM Vijay
Hindustan Times··16 Sept
Tamil Nadu police registered cases against DMK leaders A Raja, PK Sekar Babu and MLA Vasantham Karthikeyan. The alleged derogatory remarks targeted Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay and minister CTR Nirmal Kumar. The comments were made during a September 12 statewide DMK protest. Kallakurichi police filed the case against Karthikeyan. A Raja said any lawsuit would have to be faced.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Named opposition leaders now face BNS sections that police say cover insult, enmity and public-order offences.
- DMK spokesperson TKS Elangovan said the party would keep criticising the ruling TVK government.
- Social circulation of the protest remarks is what police and parties both referenced after September 12.
What's Happening
- Cases against Raja include allegations of defamatory remarks meant to disturb peace, per police descriptions.
- Sekar Babu faces FIRs under BNS sections including 296, 352, 196(1), 353(1), 352(2) and 351(2), officers said.
- A senior officer confirmed a case was registered but declined further public detail.
The Political Back-and-Forth
- DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi was among those who reacted after the remarks spread online.
- Elangovan alleged the TVK government files cases against DMK voices while not answering crime questions in the Assembly.
- The FIRs sit alongside separate political attacks over Vijay London investment trip in the same news cycle.
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