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Anti-Kudankulam stir: Vaiko, Thirumavalavan held

Written By Krishna on Monday, October 29, 2012 | 10:01 AM

Members of different political parties being arrest after participating in a protest against Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Chennai on Monday. Photo: K. Pichumani
  • Members of different political parties being arrest after participating in a protest against Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Chennai on Monday. Photo: K. Pichumani,
    The Hindu
Hundreds of anti-nuclear activists and leaders of different political outfits were detained in Chennai on Monday when they attempted to lay siege to the State Assembly demanding scrapping of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant.
MDMK leader Vaiko, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi leader and MP Thol. Thirumavalavan, pro-Tamil leader P. Nedumaran along with hundreds of activists and fishermen were detained by a heavy posse of police when they tried to take out a march towards the Secretariat.MDMDK general secretary Vaiko being arrested after participating the anti-Kudankulam protest in Chennai on Monday. Photo: K. Pichumani
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi leader Thol. Thirumavalavan being arrested after taking part in the anti-Kudankulam protest in Chennai on Monday. Photo: K. Pichumani
Strongly opposing the Indo-Russian project, Mr. Vaiko alleged that India had secretly agreed to provide power to Sri Lanka from the Kudankulam Project.
Mr. Thirumavalavan said not only Kudankulam, Kalpakkam and all nuclear power stations in the country should be closed. He said Chief Minister Jayalalithaa should make all efforts to close the project.
To coincide with the Assembly-siege, anti-nuclear activists formed a human chain in the sea off Idinthakarai, the focal point of the year long stir in support of the demand.
S.P. Udhayakumar, convenor of People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy spearheading the protest, told reporters at Idinthakarai that on October 31, their supporters would submit memoranda to various embassies in New Delhi and Chennai highlighting the “need” to stop nuclear power plants.
Fishermen from 13 coastal districts in Tamil Nadu and nine in Kerala and Puducherry would join the protest on that day.
Mr. Udhayakumar claimed 25,000 people have joined the protest in Chennai and it was a big victory.
Commissioning of the first unit of the KNPP was originally scheduled for December last year but has been delayed due to the protests. PTI
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