Chennai: DMK youth wing secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin was arrested by the police in Nagapattinam harbour. Only on Friday, he was detained and was released later.
Today’s arrest was made after Udhayanidhi carried out his campaign on a boat. Senior DMK leaders K N Nehru, MRK Panneerselvam were also arrested.
Udhayanidhi launched the party’s campaign for next year’s elections at an event that the police said violated Covid-19 curbs. “There are no permissions for political meetings,” police said.
The campaign titled ‘Vidiyalai Nokki Stalinin Kural’ (Stalin’s voice for dawn) will cover all 234 Assembly segments ahead of elections in the State due in April-May.
The party’s Women’s Wing leader and Lok Sabha MP Kanimozhi, former Ministers K Ponmudi and I Periyasamy among others will tour different parts of the state as part of the campaign, a DMK release said.