11.The
World Youth organization
The World Youth organization, a youth organization in Tamil
Nadu on Saturday in Chennai protested against Supreme court's order
to stay the ban on jallikattu. It also demanded a ban on PETA (People for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals) in India.
PETA was one of the organizations that filed a petition at the Supreme
court after Central government allowed to conduct the bull taming sport.
Anbarasan, Secretary, World Youth Organization said, "Does PETA
know about jallikattu, if they don't know about Jallikattu why do they request
a ban against jallikattu?"
On January 12, 2016, Supreme
Court had stayed the order to ban jallikattu in Tamil Nadu. The petition was
filed by Animal Welfare Board of India, PETA India, two other NGOs and several
individuals.
Taking on
the AWBI, BJP state president Tamilisai Soundarajan said, "Tamilians take
care of their bulls like their own children and animal rights organizations say
that we torture bulls. These people who haven't touched animals claim to be
animal activists."
On 8 January 2017,
several hundreds of protesters conducted a rally at Chennai Marina opposing the ban on Jallikattu. The participants walked from the lighthouse
to the labour statue bearing posters saying ‘save Jallikattu'. A few churches openly conducted prayer
mass and rally against the Supreme Court ruling. Following the protests at Chennai,
many students started rallies in various towns of Tamil Nadu.
12.Jallikattu:
Supporters organise rally in Chennai for seeking permission to hold bull-taming
sport
Chennai: Scores
of jallikattu supporters on Sunday organised a rally seeking
permission to hold the bull-taming sport coinciding with the Tamil harvest
festival of Pongal, a week away.
Representational
image. Reuters
Separately,
young volunteers, mostly college students, observed a day-long fast seeking
urgent measures to address the farmers' problems in the state following drought
in many districts.
At the Marina beach, hundreds of jallikattu suppporters turned up seeking
permission for holding it, against which the Supreme Court upheld a ban last
year. The volunteers held banners and posters demanding that the sport be held this
year.
Most of them insisted that
they did not owe allegiance to any outfit or political party but wanted the
'traditional Tamil sport' to be conducted this Pongal, i.e the coming week.
Folk percussion instruments and a decorated bull added to the scene at Marina.
The Supreme Court in November last had dismissed the
plea of the state government seeking review of its 2014 judgement banning use
of bulls for jallikattu events in the state.
Political parties
including DMK have been pressing the Centre and state government to take steps
to hold the sport coinciding with Pongal this year.
At Chepauk, a group of
volunteers sat on a day-long fast seeking measures to address the agrarian
distress in the state following drought.
In both cases, the
volunteers, mainly comprising the young and educated, said they were drawn by
online messages spread through Facebook and WhatsApp.
13.HUMAN CHAIN PROTEST
IN KANCHIPURAM
On
12-01-2017 Thursday first time in tamil nadu a human chain
protest was organized by a youth voluntary NGO team named “ALBATROSS”
“ALBATROSS CHARITABLE TRUST” More than 2000 students suddenly gathered near
Kanchipuram bus stand and start protest to save jalikattu. In both
cases, the volunteers, mainly comprising the young and educated, said they were
drawn by online messages spread through Facebook and WhatsApp.
They join
their hands for more than 2hrs and form a human chain for 5kms.
Not only
students for poltical party members come forware to attend that protest. they
come to protest as a tamilan not as a party members. The whole program was
fully organized by the students and youths of Kanchipuram
In both cases, the volunteers, mainly comprising the young and educated, said they were drawn by online messages spread through Facebook and WhatsApp.
14.Thousands hit the streets for
jallikattu
Participants highlight the importance of
the event and its place in Tamil culture
Urging
the Central and the State governments to ensure the conduct of jallikattu
during the Pongal festival across the State, thousands of people came together
to participate in a rally held at the Marina beach on Sunday.
Many
participants said that they had attended the rally after seeing posts about
jallikattu on social media websites. “In the last one month, there have been
lot of memes, videos and articles circulated on WhatsApp and Twitter about why
jallikattu should be held and its importance, since it showcases our tradition,”
said a software engineer who participated in the rally.
The
participants comprised largely of students and working professionals and the
organisers said that they had chosen to come together to make their voice heard
minus political affiliations or the support of celebrities.
Nagendra Babu, one of the coordinators of the
event from Care and Welfare, an NGO, said that they organised the rally to
highlight the importance of the event and its contribution to preserving the
culture and tradition of the Tamils.
“There
has been a lot of discussion about Jallikattu on social media over the last one
month and many youngsters are keen that the event be held this year.
Participants from places in and around Madurai, Tiruchi and Coimbatore attended
in large numbers as well to highlight the importance of protecting native
breeds,” he said.
The participants walked from the lighthouse to labour
statue bearing posters saying ‘Save jallikattu.’
They
were accompanied by folk music performers and a decorated bull was also brought
out as part of the rally.
15.Protest from Karthikeyan traffic to a moongil mandabam
Hundreds of college students participated in a protest on Tuesday17/01/2017. The meeting was organised to show solidarity with the protesters arrested by the police at Alanganallur.
The protest, which started off peacefully in the morning, turned into a nightmare for motorists in the evening as the crowd started swelling, . The police had a tough time regulating the traffic.
Many youngsters assembled on the footpath of municipal office kanchipuram to condemn the police action against protesters at Alanganallur. The protesters, predominantly college students, raised slogans against PETA and the Central Government for not taking steps to hold jallikattu. The protestors also highlighted the importance of celebrating the traditional sport of the State.
A senior official of the Kanchipuram City Police said that despite talks, there had been no breakthrough, with the protesters refusing to budge from their stand.
Congrats ... Albatross team
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