Tamil Nadu seems to be a peaceful place as police rarely use force while handling agitations.
According to the policy note of the Home Department, tabled in the Assembly on Monday, a study carried out by the Bureau of Police Research and Development, New Delhi, has said that Tamil Nadu witnesses the maximum number of agitations constituting more than 25 per cent of the agitations reported across the country.
On an average, 60 agitations are reported every day across the State. Political parties, caste, communal, and other interest groups have been conducting agitations on numerous issues but all these protests have been handled tactfully without giving room for violence of any other major disturbances.
According to the study, the number of occasions on which the police resorted to use of force while handling agitations was less than 0.5 per cent of the same figure for the country. This indicates that police manage public assemblies and processions without affecting the normal life even while allowing the public to express their democratic and constitutional rights to the fullest, the note said.
And various issues have rocked the State like prohibition, jallikattu, fishermen and river water issues apart from observance of birth or death anniversaries of legendary figures and contemporary leaders associated with caste or communal groups. From 2013, regulations have been introduced like banning movement of hired vehicles from other districts to the destination which has had a salutary effect, according to the policy note.
Police seem to manage public assemblies and processions without affecting life
