DMK leaders A Raja and P K Sekar Babu
Later, Kumar defended the chief minister’s remarks in the Assembly and disputed the long-standing narrative that DMK chief Stalin was arrested under the stringent MISA during the 1975-77 Emergency.
The official said a case was registered at B1 North Beach Police Station against Babu, the DMK’s Harbour MLA and Chennai East district secretary, following a complaint that he had made derogatory remarks against the chief minister during a party protest. Saidapet police registered a case against Raja based on a complaint filed by TVK functionary Karthik, alleging that Raja made derogatory remarks against Energy Resources and Law Minister R Nirmal Kumar during the protest against the chief minister’s speech in the Assembly. In Kallakurichi, police registered a case against Rishivandhiyam MLA Vasantham Karthikeyan for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Vijay. The DMK had organised statewide protests targeting the chief minister following his remarks on Stalin’s detention under MISA during the Emergency and his jaw gestures.
CHENNAI: Police have registered cases under various legal provisions against senior DMK leaders A Raja and P K Sekar Babu over alleged defamatory remarks against Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay during recent party demonstrations, an official said on Tuesday.
Daring the ruling TVK to book a case against him, Raja had said even Congress and BJP leaders had accepted party president M K Stalin’s contribution and arrest under MISA during the Emergency.