Anbumani slams cops for denying permission to all events over one incident

CHENNAI: Claiming that the police have cancelled permissions already given to political parties for conducting campaigns, PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss criticised it, saying that banning all the political events based on one incident goes against democracy. In a statement, Anbumani noted that, based on an order issued by the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court regarding the Karur stampede, permissions have been cancelled for parties, including the PMK. "Based on the interim order, my meetings have been cancelled in Madurai and Tirunelveli. Public meetings are allowed at the outskirts of cities. The police claim that they cannot take a call until Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are established. This amounts to strangling the voice of political parties," he added.

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