Jaya sues CM for Rs 1 cr over law college remark

Chennai: The AIADMK chief and former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa has filed a defamation suit against chief minister M Karunanidhi. Jayalalithaa sent a legal notice to chief minister M Karunanidhi demanding Rs 1 crore in damages for his “baseless and defamatory” comments about her on the law college incident. Jayalalithaa had demanded the resignation of chief minister Karunanidhi saying he should own up the moral and legal responsibilities for the police inaction during the November 12 incident at the Dr Ambedkar Law College where students fought a pitched battle on caste lines. In response to Jayalalithaa’s resignation demand, Karunanidhi said on November 16 that such clashes might have been instigated by persons to demand his resignation. Taking umbrage at this response, Jayalalithaa’s counsel A Navaneetha Krishnan sent the notice to Karunanidhi stating that the false and baseless statement was made to tarnish Jayalalithaa. The legal notice said the law college incident shocked the conscience of people because the city police were mute spectators when a group of students armed with rods and clubs attacked another group on the college premises. The notice also said that some cases relating to the campus clash were pending before the Madras High Court and comments made on the subjudice matter amounted to “disrespect to the judicial proceedings.” The notice further said, Karunanidhi’s scandalous allegations have caused incalculable mental agony and pain to Jayalalithaa and her party members. Jayalalithaa, in the notice, also demanded “an unconditional apology in writing” from Karunanidhi.

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