New Delhi, July 4 (ANI): Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) leaders M Kanimozhi, Dayanidhi Maran and MK Stalin along with several party cadres on Wednesday courted arrest in Chennai during the party's state-wide 'jail bharo' agitation against an alleged witch-hunt by the Jayalalithaa-led Tamil Nadu government.
Stalin courted arrest from his constituency in Kolathur, while Kanimozhi, who is out on bail in the 2G spectrum case, obtained court permission to join the agitation and courted arrest from Saidapet.
Around 50,000 party members are participating in the 'jail bharo andolan'.
The agitation is expected to take place at 22 key areas around the city.
Three arterial roads that are likely to be blocked for a couple of hours are Panagal Building in Saidapet that connects the Airport and Guindy Industrial estate to Mount Road, the DMS complex of Mount Road and the Ezhilagam and War Memorial along Radhakrishnan Road or the Marina Beach Road.
DMK supremo Karunanidhi on Tuesday said: "The 'fill the jails' protest will be held in a great manner .... we are confident about it. The government is also confident about that."
Karunanidhi also said the party's MPs and legislators would still vote in the presidential election even if they are not released after being arrested in the agitation.
At least 15 DMK leaders and former ministers have been raided or arrested on land-grabbing and other charges since Jayalalithaa came to power in Tamil Nadu in 2011. (ANI)
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