- Police detained several people at various places in some southern districts for attempting to organise Jallikattu.
- People hoisted black flags at Palamedu village for not allowing them to hold Jallikattu.
- On Saturday, police detained 149 persons in Madurai district for staging protests against the ban.
- The Supreme Court on Thursday said it could not give its verdict on Jallikattu before Pongal.
Stalin Charges BJP With Not Moving SC Over Jallikattu
DMK Working President M K Stalin on Sunday charged the Centre with not taking steps to move the Supreme Court over the Jallikattu ban and said BJP government could have promulgated an ordinance to enable the bull taming sport to be conducted in Tamil Nadu.
“As I had already stated on many occasions, it is easy to introduce an emergency law that will allow the bull taming sport to be conducted in Tamil Nadu. But BJP government just shied away from its responsibilities, which subsequently led to the sport getting banned”, Stalin, also the Opposition Leader in the Tamil Nadu assembly, said in a statement.
Noting that senior BJP leaders had met the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court even at his home on various issues, he said BJP MPs could have used their rights in Parliament to pass an emergency law for Jallikattu.
He alleged that the Centre has been watching issues related to Tamil Nadu as a "silent spectator", including rights of sharing Cauvery river water with Karnataka, attacks on fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy and even in allocation of relief funds following the damage caused by cyclone 'Vardah'.
He charged AIADMK MPs with showing interest only in making (AIADMK General Secretary) V K Sasikala as Chief Minister and not in urging the Centre nor meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Jallikattu ban.
Amid protests against the ban on Jallikattu, police on Sunday said action would be taken against those violating the Supreme Court order on the bull taming sport associated with Pongal festivities.
"Around 2,000 police personnel are keeping a vigil across the district. We have taken steps to provide security in the area," Madurai District Superintendent of Police, Vijayendar S Bidari said.
Sufficient police force has been deployed in the district to avoid any untoward incident, he said.
Referring to ‘Mattu Pongal’, he said: “Last year also when there was a ban, people took bulls to offer puja. Compared to bulls taken for Jallikattu without a rope, these bulls are tied to a rope to offer puja. But some miscreants released two or three such bulls today.”
The police personnel safely cleared the bulls that were released on the roads, he said.
Bidari denied reports that Jallikattu was conducted.
Jallikattu In Melur
People participated organised Jallikattu in Melur, a place near Madurai.
Villagers in Tamil Nadu held Jallikattu in Paraipatti district despite the Supreme Court's ban.
The local police suspended the event and tried to disperse the participants.
