Tamil Nadu LoP Udhayanidhi’s vulgar double entendre remarks and arrest
Police released the DMK leader after questioning him over remarks critics said were sexually suggestive, and six FIRs have been filed statewide.
- On Tuesday, police detained Udhayanidhi Stalin, Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, over alleged remarks about actor Trisha and Chief Minister Joseph Vijay; he was released on station bail following a Madras High Court order.
- Following his speech, authorities registered multiple FIRs against Udhayanidhi under harassment and IT laws; he denied the claims, maintaining his comments focused on farmers' welfare and the Cauvery water dispute.
- Transported by road from Chennai to Thanjavur, Udhayanidhi alleged police treated him "like a terrorist" and questioned the deployment of nearly 3,000 personnel for the nearly 400-kilometre journey.
- Protests erupted across Tamil Nadu following the detention, as DMK president M K Stalin labeled the arrest a "blow to the fascist nature" of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam government.
- Energy and Law Minister R Nirmalkumar condemned the remarks as "vulgar and shameful," stating Udhayanidhi is "unfit to remain Leader of the Opposition" as the political standoff deepens.
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