Protests by multiple organisations broke out in Coimbatore on Friday, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s arrival for the unveiling of a 112-foot tall Shiva statue at Coimbatore’s Isha Yoga Centre.
Eleven organisations, including the Forum against Bhavani River Dam, Thanthai Periyar Dravida Kazhagam (TDPK), All Tamil Nadu Farmers’ Federation, Tamil Manila Congress and the Social Democratic Party of India, bore black flags and raised slogans against the PM and the central government’s “anti-Tamil Nadu policies”.
The protest attained a high pitch when the protesters tried to block public roads, and 250 people were finally detained.