Jallikattu cancelled in Madurai, furious locals oppose ‘temporary’ solution
- Vadi vasal inauguration in Madurai's Alanganallur has been cancelled.
- Tamil Nadu CM has left Madurai after agitators blocked the main highway.
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam was forced to cancel the Jallikattu 'vadi vasal' inauguration in Madurai's Alanganallur, after furious local opposed the government demanding a "permanent solution."
Talks are going on to shift the event to Dindigul. Protesters blocked the main highway in Madurai, calling the Ordinance passed by the governor a 'temporary solution' to the crisis.
“We won’t allow this to happen as we don’t need just any temporary solution. We need a permanent solution to the problem and it has to be non conditional. Today we will not let Jallikattu happen. All villagers including youth, elders and others have all been sitting here in protest,” a demonstrator in Alanganallur in Madurai, where Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam was set to inaugurate the sport told ANI.
Another equally agitated protestor told ANI that the Tamil community is firmly against this temporary fix and will not allow the sport to continue unless a more lasting and concrete step is taken.
“People must understand our feelings and why we are struggling so hard to safeguard our culture & tradition. Politicians have been playing with our sentiments and we have realised that. All the villagers here have shunned the event,” she added.
Tamil Nadu Governor Vidyasagar Rao promulgated an ordinance paving way for resuming Jallikattu game in the state on Saturday.
With the ordinance, the decks are cleared now for conducting the bull-taming game that remained stalled since May 2014 due to court ban.
In a statement on Saturday Panneerselvam had said, he will launch the game at Alanganallur in Madurai at 10 am on Sunday. While opposition has been growing in Madurai's Alanganallur, reports claim that the bulling taming event have begun in some other parts of the state.
