NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, OCT 27
Recently-inducted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kushboo Sundar was arrested on Tuesday as the BJP and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) clashed over Thol. Thirumavalava’s comments quoting Manusmriti in Tamil Nadu.
Arrested.. been taken in police van. we will fight till our last breath for the dignity of women. H'ble PM @narendramodi ji has always spoken about the safety of women and we walk on his path. We will never bow down to the atrocities of few elements out there. BHARAT MATA KI JAI! pic.twitter.com/71CKjFewri
— KhushbuSundar (@khushsundar) October 27, 2020
The actor-politician asserted that the party will ‘fight till the last breath’ for the dignity of women. She also hit out at the VCK for ‘rejoicing’ over her arrest and called them ‘cowards.’
Kushboo Sundar took to Twitter on Tuesday to share a selfie from the police van as she was taken by the officials. She wrote that she was ‘arrested’ because the BJP were ‘a force to reckon with.’
Cowards #VCK. Dont rejoice. Its your failure. Arrested bcoz they know we are a force to reckon with. We will not bow down. @BJP4India @narendramodi
Ji shall take every step to ensure the respectability of every daughter of this soil.Darpoks VCK, respecting a woman is alien to you— KhushbuSundar (@khushsundar) October 27, 2020
She also stated that BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have always ‘spoken about the safety of women’ and taken every step to ‘ensure the respectability of every daughter’ and they were just following his path.
Kushboo Sundar sent a message to VCK that it was their ‘failure’, and calling them ‘Darpoks’, added, ‘respecting a woman is alien to you.’ The leader added that they would not ‘bow down to the atrocities of few elements.’
https://twitter.com/Prakaash3rdeye/status/1320945516390219776
She also questioned the ‘partiality’ of the AIADMK government about being denied the democratic right to protest when other parties could do. Kushboo asked if CM Edappadi Palaniswami feared ‘riots’ from VCK.
As per reports, Kushboo Sundar was on her way to protest at Chidambaram when she was arrested by Mamallapuram Police near Muttukadu.
If this is suppose to be a threat, then brother you are knocking at the wrong door. I have given it back to you guys in the past. So look at what you speak. 😊🙏 @BJP4TamilNadu @Murugan_TNBJP https://t.co/NCX6aTNz05
— KhushbuSundar (@khushsundar) October 26, 2020
BJP and VCK workers had nearly come to blows when VCK Chief Thol. Thirumavalava visited Erode on Monday. BJP leaders had protested when he was going to attend a wedding, and demanded his apology over his controversial statement on women quoting Manusmriti. VCK raised counter slogans and the groups nearly came to blows, when police arrested the BJP workers and took them in a van. Police stated that VCK workers pelted stones at the van. The BJP had then announced a protest on Tuesday.