Demonstration held condemning Avinashi tahsildar over beef row
The Hindu
A video clip showing the tahsildar, M. Tamilselvan, allegedly asking a meat stall owner not to sell beef on Sunday night went viral; the Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front said this was an infringement upon the right to food
Following the controversy over a clip showing Avinashi tahsildar M. Tamilselvan allegedly asking a meat stall owner not to sell beef, the Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front (TNUEF) on Monday staged a demonstration outside the Avinashi taluk office in Tiruppur district condemning the incident. TNUEF district president R. Kumar said that members of around 13 political parties and organisations including Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi and Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam participated in the demonstration.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.