Chennai, July 25 -- A couple of hours after PMK Working President and former Union
Minister Dr Anbumani commenced his 100-day Tamil Nadu-wide padayatra--amid an ongoing
row with his father and Party Founder Dr S Ramadoss and defying his warning--to retrieve the
rights of the people ahead of the key Assembly polls, the State police late tonight has banned
it by rejecting permission.
This followed a petition filed by Ramadoss senior to the Tamil Nadu DGP Shankar Jiwal
seeking a ban on the yatra citing that it would lead to law and order problems in Northern
districts, where the OBC-Vanniyar dominant party has a significant votebase.
Meanwhile, reports said the Anbumani 'faction or goup' is expected to move the Madras
High Court challen...