MK Stalin arrested, 14 lakh shops shut across TN after Oppn calls bandh
DMK working president MK Stalin was arrested on Tuesday, even as 14 lakh shops across Tamil Nadu shut down in response to a bandh called by Opposition parties to press for waiving loans of farmers.
Stalin was arrested in Thiruvarur, around 300 kilometers from Chennai, along with top leaders of DMK, said a report in NDTV.
DMK, Congress, CPI(M), CPI, VCK, Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) and a host of trade unions affiliated to the opposition parties, farmers bodies, the film fraternity and other organisations including a lorry operators association have pledged support to the general shutdown.
Also, associations of local vegetable markets, groceries, several trade unions of auto-drivers are among those who support the bandh.
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