Office-goers bear the brunt of DMK protest

The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News: "Traffic ground to a halt after over 500 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party men, led by Arcot N. Veerasamy and M.K. Stalin, squatted on the road and blocked traffic on Anna Salai around 9 a.m. For more than an hour, the protesters raised slogans against the police and the ruling party.

Police were mere spectators as the crowd of protesters swelled for over an hour. The protesters approached Anna Salai through Avvai Shanmugam Salai and occupied a 50-metre stretch at the junction of the two roads. The resulting traffic jam held up traffic on Anna Salai, Mahatma Gandhi Road and Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai.

The All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam also blocked traffic along Whites Road. More than 75 cadre from the party's women's wing squatted on the road following the DMK protest on Anna Salai. They raised slogans against Mr. Stalin and other DMK leaders.

Some of those who were caught in the traffic were highly critical of the police. A motorist said the police could have turned the traffic around at Avvai Shanmugam Salai itself.

Eventually some of the MTC buses that were caught in the traffic jam were used to transport the protesters to Kannapar Thidal in North Chennai. The detainees were released in the evening."