Madurai: A participant attempts to tame a bull during Avaniyapuram Jallikattu as part of the Pongal festival celebration in Madurai on Thursday. (PTI)
All the cases, except those filed for “undesirable incidents” such as assault on police officers and arson, would be dropped after consulting with legal experts, he said.
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Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister K Palaniswami announced in the Assembly on Friday that the cases recorded by the police in 2017 would be withdrawn from protests asking for permission to perform the bull-taming sport ‘Jallikattu’. All cases, except those filed for “undesirable incidents” such as assault on police officers and arson, would be dropped after consulting with legal experts, he said.
In his response to the motion of thanks to the Governor for his speech, the Chief Minister described the protests of people seeking assent to carry out the sport as based on sentiment. Many people had made agitations just to express their feelings and have been affected by the registered cases and considering this aspect, they would be withdrawn, he said.
While “some” engaged in propaganda to “reject” the AIADMK government (in the Assembly elections probably in April or May), he said the people only wanted the continuation of their rule, he said. The Chief Minister listed his government’s achievements, including the reserve of 7.5 percent in medical admissions for public school students who passed the national eligibility and income test and the creation of 11 government medical colleges in a single year.
After Palaniswami’s response and the passage of several bills, the Assembly, which met on February 2 with the Governor’s regular speech in the House, was postponed sine die by President P Dhanapal. The ‘Rejection of the government of AIADMK’ is the campaign of DMK, a part of their electoral propaganda.
Following unprecedented state protests in favor of Jallikattu, the Assembly adopted an amendment bill in January 2017 to carry out the sport of bull taming without any hindrance. That bill amended the Cruelty to Animals Prevention Act of 1960 and was passed unanimously.
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