Under the leadership of Opposition Leader Udayanidhi, a protest was held in Thanjavur on the 3rd against the Tamil Nadu government and the Chief Minister over the Cauvery issue.
What Udayanidhi said at the protest became controversial. He came under severe criticism for allegedly speaking in double meaning. A case was registered against Udayanidhi in this matter.
Following this, Udayanidhi was arrested on the 4th and brought to the Thanjavur Sengipatti police station. In protest, DMK members in Thanjavur marched in a procession from the railway station to the Anna statue.

At the same time, a protest was held by the TVK women’s wing condemning opposition leader Udhayanidhi for speaking disrespectfully about women. For this, DMK members snatched and threw away the TVK flag that had been placed near the Anna statue, and also burned an effigy of Chief Minister Vijay while shouting slogans.
At that time, a verbal altercation broke out between the DMK members and the TVK members present there. Later, members of both parties threw slippers and stones at one another. Several TVK functionaries were injured in the incident.
Regarding this, Mahalakshmi, a member of the TVK Thanjavur Central District Executive Committee, filed a complaint with the East Police. In it, it was stated that former mayor Sun. Ramanathan of the DMK, municipal councillors Neelakandan and Anna. Prakash, youth wing deputy organizer Vayalur Karthi, and functionaries Raja, Manohar, Satish, Raja Srinivasan, and others spoke in a derogatory manner about the women present at the meeting and made obscene gestures.
It is also said that Neelakandan, Karthi, and others assaulted some people.

Based on this complaint, East Police have initially registered a case against Neelakandan and Vayalur Karthi under six sections, arrested both of them, and are questioning them.
This arrest caused a stir in DMK circles. Neelakandan said this was a false case and that they would face it legally.
