
BJP demands full-fledged Dasara celebration
The Hindu
Party functionaries arrested as they attempted to observe a fast
TIRUCHENDUR
Police arrested BJP’s Nagercoil MLA M.R. Gandhi and 97 others when they attempted to observe a fast demanding permission for full-fledged Dasara celebration at Sri Mutharamman Temple in Kulasekarapattinam near here, which attracts a large number of devotees every year.
Owing to COVID-19 last year, Thoothukudi district administration banned full-fledged Dasara celebrations at the Temple while allowing the devotees in small groups to enter the shrine to offer prayers. However, the devotees were not allowed to participate in the flag-hoisting ceremony and also in the ‘Soorasamhaaram’, the culmination of the 10-day celebrations.

Former CM B.S. Yediyurappa had challenged the first information report registered on March 14, 2024, on the alleged incident that occurred on February 2, 2024, the chargesheet filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and the February 28, 2025, order of taking cognisance of offences afresh by the trial court.