New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday virtually indicated his government’s inability to promulgate an ordinance on allowing Jallikattu noting that the matter is sub-judice as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam met him here seeking Centre’s intervention.
“While appreciating the cultural significance of Jallikattu, the Prime Minister observed that the matter is at present sub-judice,” the PMO said after the meeting. At the same time, it said, “The Centre would be supportive of the steps taken by the state government.”
As protests demanding the lifting of the ban on bull taming sport Jallikattu spread across Tamil Nadu, the Chief Minister rushed here Wednesday night to meet the Prime Minister with a request for ordinance.
With regard to the drought situation in Tamil Nadu, Modi assured Paneerselvam that all possible assistance would be provided to the state.
A central team would be deputed to Tamil Nadu shortly to assess the drought situation, the PMO said.
Lawyers, students
protest agains ban
Meanwhile, the Jallikattu protests on Wednesday reached Delhi with scores of people including students from Tamil Nadu demonstrating against the ban on the bull-taming sport.
The protesters, led by Tamil lawyers in Supreme Court, took out a march from Mandi House to Jantar Mantar raising slogans against People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and the ban on Jallikattu.
Protesters, numbering more than 200, claimed that they don’t have any affiliation to any political party or organisation. (PTI)
