DMK to protest frequent arrest of party cadres

Coimbatore: The DMK has decided to hold a series of protests against state municipal administration minister S P Velumani over frequent arrests of its cadre in the past few weeks.
DMK president M K Stalin conducted a meeting with district party functionaries through video conferencing on Sunday. DMK issued a statement claiming that “municipal administration minister SP Velumani was initiating action against those who criticized him.”
The DMK statement said when journalists published news in connection with lapses in Covid-19 relief, the minister allegedly threatened media persons and ordered arrests of journalists. He also ordered police to arrest DMK functionaries who were critical of him, it said.