‘AIADMK responsible for jallikattu ban’

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DMK treasurer M.K. Stalin addresses a demonstration against the ban on jallikattu at Alanganallur village in Madurai district on Tuesday.

It was non-adherence to Supreme Court guidelines that led to the ban on jallikattu during AIADMK’s rule in 2014, said the Leader of the Opposition and DMK treasurer M.K. Stalin on Tuesday.

Addressing a protest meeting in Alanganallur here on Tuesday urging the Central and State governments to ensure that jallikattu is conducted during Pongal this year, Mr. Stalin said that though the sport was first banned during DMK’s regime, the DMK government ensured that jallikattu was not stopped by passing a special regulatory legislation in 2009.

“Until the DMK was in power,

jallikattu was properly conducted as per the safety guidelines. The issue started only when the AIADMK came to power in 2011,” he said.

An Animal Welfare Board of India committee that subsequently conducted an enquiry found that the regulations were flouted, eventually leading to the ban in 2014, he charged.

Despite 50 MPs in Parliament, the AIADMK government had no guts to pressure the Central government to get the ban lifted, he said.

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