Tirunelveli / Madurai: MLA Markandeyan, who was arrested for allegedly making defamatory remarks about the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, was released on bail yesterday. Similarly, the hearing of the case filed in 2023 for allegedly making defamatory remarks about Prime Minister Modi was transferred to another court.
Vallathirakottam constituency DMK MLA Markandeyan was arrested for allegedly speaking in a defamatory and threatening tone about Chief Minister Vijay and was lodged in Palayamkottai Central Prison on the 20th of last month. The Chennai High Court granted him bail the day before yesterday.
After receiving a copy of the court order related to this, he was released yesterday from Palayamkottai Central Prison. After he came out of prison, DMK members welcomed him by garlanding him.
Then, speaking to reporters, he said: My words were harsh only because the rights of Thoothukudi district were taken away. They have said that I should not speak too much about the Chief Minister. I have been granted bail only to participate in the Legislative Assembly. No matter how many years I am in prison, we will continue the struggle to protect democracy. He said this.
Case transfer: Similarly, in a petition filed in the Madurai Bench of the High Court by Parthiban from Vilathikulam in Thoothukudi district, it was stated that Vilathikulam DMK MLA Markandeyan, at a meeting held on Jan. 6, 2023, said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was responsible for the death of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, and has been continuously making baseless allegations against BJP leaders and Union ministers.
He had requested that action be ordered against him. This petition came up for hearing before Judge L. Victoria Gowri. Following the government side’s arguments, she ordered that the hearing on this petition be transferred to the special bench that hears cases against MPs and MLAs.
