College students in Coimbatore protest jallikattu ban
Posted on: 19/Jan/2017 12:53:31 PM
College students in Coimbatore took to the roads and converged at the VOC Park Grounds here on Wednesday protesting to revoke the ban on jallikattu. Egged on by news, pictures and comments on social media over the protests in Chennai and Alanganallur, the small crowd on Tuesday had turned into an ocean of protestors by Wednesday afternoon.
Most students had assembled at the CODISSIA Trade Fair Grounds and travelled down Avinashi Road in two and four-wheelers to reach VOC Park Grounds in a rally. The rally was peaceful but filled with anger and a growing feeling that their demands must be met.
According to the students, No one spoke to anyone or convinced anyone. Students came on their own as they got to know the developments from social media. It did not matter who took the lead, the Centre, State or even the Supreme Court, what was needed was immediate legalising of jallikattu. Tamil Nadu had always been a soft target for the politicians and the Centre and hence was treated with nonchalance. But from now on it is not going to be so. We stayed away without taking up many issues. We know it was wrong. Now we have woken up. Politics was considered dirty, hence we did not get involved, but we are now resolved to clean up this muck and get what is rightfully ours.
Their main demands include, closing down PETA and revoking the ban against jallikattu. If their demands are not met, they plan to burn their voter IDs or fast until death, and bring all concerned who were involved in the ban, to book.
