This week, the arrest of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) of 1971 during the Emergency ignited heated debates in the Tamil Nadu assembly. The ruling party, TVK, and the opposition, DMK, exchanged fiery remarks, leading to protests within the assembly. The situation escalated into a stand-off with the Speaker, prompting sharp criticisms from Stalin regarding the conduct of the house.
The charge was led by Chief Minister Vijay, who launched an all-out attack on Stalin on Monday, and even appeared to refer to his broken jaw with a gesture that earned censure from the opposition cutting across party lines.
The charge was led by Chief Minister Vijay, who launched an all-out attack on Stalin on Monday, and even appeared to refer to his broken jaw with a gesture that earned censure from the opposition cutting across party lines, who called it body-shaming. “The DMK wasn’t ready to listen for even a minute to CM Vijay’s speech yesterday. “For everything our friends keep saying, we have seen MISA. Not sure what to do if they bring in MISA for everything. This time, state minister CTR Nirmal Kumar backed up Vijay. “It is a well-known historical fact that the Emergency period in India witnessed massive struggles to protect democracy, accompanied by repression and excesses. CM Vijay mentioned things that were already mentioned in the House regarding the MISA Act.
Respectful elders, everyone knows about the history of that MISA,” Vijay said, putting a sharp question mark against Stalin’s arrest under MISA, to which the former Chief Minister has frequently alluded. There is no record that Stalin was arrested under MISA, he said. During that time, former Chief Minister Thiru MK Stalin was brutally assaulted by the police, resulting in a broken jaw,” CPM’s P Shanmugam said in a post on social media platform X. “Ridiculing someone’s physical appearance is condemnable, regardless of who engages in it; for the Chief Minister himself to do so is an act of irresponsibility,” he added. So there is no need to expunge the CM’s speech on the MISA Act,” the Speaker said.
