Coimbatore: Party cadres from the Congress party were arrested and released yesterday in Coimbatore while protesting against Kumudham magazine which published an allegedly defamatory caricature of Rahul Gandhi.
Coimbatore:Party cadres from the Congress party were arrested and released yesterday in Coimbatore while protesting against Kumudham magazine which published an allegedly defamatory caricature of Rahul Gandhi.
A caricature of former Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was published in Kumudham. Condemning the act as a violation of journalistic ethics, demonstrations were heldacross Tamil Nadu .
The Coimbatore district Congress party protests were held at various places in Coimbatore, but police denied permission for the event.
10 congress party members led by president of Coimbatore Congress Committee and working president of Tamilnadu Congress Committee, Mayura Jayakumar, protested at Townhall.
They raised slogans against the magazine that published the cartoon in question and the artist who drew it. They tore and burnt copies of the magazine in protest. Police in the area tried to stop them as the protest was not a permitted one. When the protestors did not pay heed to the police, they were arrested and later released in the evening.
A caricature of former Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was published in Kumudham. Condemning the act as a violation of journalistic ethics, demonstrations were heldacross Tamil Nadu .
The Coimbatore district Congress party protests were held at various places in Coimbatore, but police denied permission for the event.
10 congress party members led by president of Coimbatore Congress Committee and working president of Tamilnadu Congress Committee, Mayura Jayakumar, protested at Townhall.
They raised slogans against the magazine that published the cartoon in question and the artist who drew it. They tore and burnt copies of the magazine in protest. Police in the area tried to stop them as the protest was not a permitted one. When the protestors did not pay heed to the police, they were arrested and later released in the evening.