TN Congress leader arrested for remarks against PM Modi, Amit Shah

The action came hours after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, including former Union minister Pon Radhakrishnan, veteran leader La Ganesan, national secretary H Raja and former state president CP Radhakrishnan, protested at Chennai’s Marina beach.

Writer and Congress leader Nellai Kannan was arrested in Chennai on Wednesday, days after a first information report (FIR) was registered against him for allegedly making remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah in a speech during an anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) , police officials familair with the matter said.

Tamil scholar Nellai Kannan threatened PM Modi in his speech.(Facebook/Nellai Kannan)

The action came hours after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, including former Union minister Pon Radhakrishnan, veteran leader La Ganesan, national secretary H Raja and former state president CP Radhakrishnan, protested at Chennai’s Marina beach. They were detained by the police. Kannan had courted a controversy when he urged Muslims to “finish off” Prime Minister Modi and Amit Shah in an anti-CAA meeting arranged by Social Democratic Party of India in Tirunelveli on Sunday.

“Kannan was visiting Perambalur for treatment. Perambalur police secured him there and informed the Tirunelveli police,” said a Tirunelveli police official on condition of anonymity.

(With agency inputs)