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2 Days after Jallikattu order, thousands removed from chennai’s Marina Beach


Mangalore Today News Network

Chennai, Jan 23, 2017:  Thousands protesting peacefully at Chennai’s Marina Beach for over five days in support of bull-taming festival Jallikattu were removed this morning by the police, a day after some of them threatened to block Republic Day celebrations. All roads to the beach were blocked as the police bundled out large groups, mainly of women and children. Students formed human chains, resisting the police and refusing to budge. On Sunday, Jallikattu returned to parts of the state following an ordinance or executive order passed by Tamil Nadu on Saturday to bypass a Supreme Court ban on the sport. Three men were killed during the celebrations.


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A large contingent of police arrived at the Marina Beach around 5 am today and started removing protesters.
   
The beach, where around 15,000 had gathered at the height of protests last week, was mostly clear within hours.
   
The protesters had refused to move out even after the state’s ordinance as they demanded a permanent solution.
   
The ordinance has to be cleared within six months for it to become law. Chief Minister O Panneerselvam has promised that it will be passed in the assembly session which begins today.
   
On Sunday, as Jallikattu was held in parts of Tamil Nadu, two men were gored to death by a bull at Pudukottai, where the event was inaugurated by state Health Minister C Vijayabhaskar. A third man reportedly died of thirst at another event.
   
At Madurai’s Alanganallur, where Chief Minister O Panneerselvam was expected to inaugurate the Jallikattu event, people refused to allow it, demanding that the ban be removed permanently first.
   
Alanganallur, around 400 km from state capital Chennai, is the only place where Jallikattu is held as a function of the government. Jallikattu being held there would make its return official.
   
All Tamil Nadu ministers were to inaugurate Jallikattu in their districts on Sunday as the Chief Minister urged everyone to make the events across Tamil Nadu "a grand success by participating in large numbers."
   
At Chennai’s Marina beach, thousands have protested peacefully but some said yesterday that they will not allow the Republic Day parade on the adjoining Beach Road until Jallikattu is permanently back.
   
Jallikattu, in which young men wrestle with a bull in an open field during the harvest festival of Pongal, was banned by the Supreme Court in 2014. Last year, the Centre allowed the sport, but that decision has been challenged in the Supreme Court. The court has agreed to not deliver its verdict this week after the centre pointed out that a decision could create law and order problems.


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