The action comes on a day when the state Assembly is expected to discuss the matter.
DMK Working President MK Stalin on Monday criticised the police action on protesters at Marina beach demanding lifting of the ban on Jallikattu and a permanent solution for holding it.
"It is condemnable that instead of holding talks with peaceful protesters, it has been attempted to end protests using police with an authoritarian mindset," Stalin, opposition leader in the state assembly, said in a statement.
He also dubbed the action as "anti-democratic. " Police, in an early morning crackdown, started removing scores of protesters who were demonstrating at the Marina beach.
Meanwhile, welcoming the police crackdown on the swelling pro-Jallikattu agitation at the Marina Beach, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy asserted that the protests were pointless now as all their demands were to be conceded.
"I welcome it. This was to be done. After all their demand was to be conceded and Jallikattu is going to be legitimised by an act that is to be passed today by the Tamil Nadu Assembly and so what is the point in protesting," Swamy told ANI.
The BJP further stated that the original organiser of the protest who was a famous Tamil Singer had decided to quit to the agitation saying that anti-national elements had taken over the movement.
Defending Jallikattu, Swamy said that bull had ever died in the sport, adding that there was no element of animal cruelty in it.
"If this is animal cruelty then halal meat should also be banned. PETA is full of foreigners who don't understand our customs. I can understand if there was cruelty to bulls. But there is no such thing. In fact this is only increases the quality of their breed," he added.
Meanwhile, clashes broke out between agitated locals and the police at Marina Beach, now a battleground for the Jallikattu issue, as protesters swarmed in droves.
A massive human chain was formed by the locals who chanted demanding complete freedom to perform Jallikattu.
The Chennai city police had earlier requested the protesters to leave Marina Beach in a peaceful manner as "that their purpose has been fully achieved" after the state government promulgated an ordinance on Saturday.
"It's wrong that ordinance will dissolve after 6 months, fact is that after introduction of ordinance, it will be introduced in assembly. It will be introduced and regularised and now itself the law is in act. Ordinance is for Jallikattu permanent solution. SC stayed Jallikattu so lawmakers got ordinance," the Police said in a statement.
They further appealed to the protesters to end their agitation as their goal of conducting the sport had been achieved.
However, the locals said that they needed time to discuss about the ordinance and demanded half day's time.
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