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Cauvery issue: Flash protest at Chennai's Marina beach, demonstrators raise anti-BJP slogans

A flash protest by a group of individuals on Saturday at Chennai’s Marina beach on Cauvery issue rekindled the memory of last year’s pro-Jallikattu demonstrations.

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A flash protest by a group of individuals on Saturday at Chennai’s Marina beach on Cauvery issue rekindled the memory of last year’s pro-Jallikattu demonstrations.

Unlike the pro-Jallikattu protests that lasted for several days, Saturday’s protestors numbering about 50 were detained by the police immediately to prevent it from snowballing into major protest.

The protestors raised slogans condemning the centre and BJP government while seeking setting up of the Cauvery Management Board in compliance with the Supreme Court’s February 16 order.

TV channels beamed images of men and women carrying banners and raising slogans against the Union government for not constituting the Board. Some social media platforms also streamed the protest 'live'.

The protesters wanted the Centre to immediately set up the Board, saying farmers were already hit and their prospects could be affected further.

On Saturday morning, messages calling for a protest at Marina beach demanding the same were doing rounds on social networking sites following which heavy police were deployed at the beach on Saturday.

Around 200 police personnel were deployed at various places across the Marina stretch keeping a close watch for protestors. However, a bunch of visitors to the beach began protesting holding placards and raising slogans. The police who were at the spot immediately started clearing the protestors.

A senior police officer warned the protesters for staging the demonstration without permission.

"There are designated places in the city and police have notified those places. Protests should be held thereafter obtaining permission. If the general public is affected by protests, police will take action," the officer said. He said the number of protesters picked up today was yet to be ascertained.

Ever since the massive pro-Jallikattu protests that rocked the Marina for more than a week last year, the popular beach has been kept out of bounds by police for any kind of agitation.

The police department has also been issuing frequent prohibitory orders, banning any kind of congregation.

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