Naam Tamilar women's wing organizer Karthika has been arrested in connection with the 3 cases registered regarding the Dharapuram assembly by-election.
Cases had been filed against Dharapuram Naam Tamilar candidate Karthika for incidents including laying siege to a police station during election campaigning and carrying out campaigning along the route taken by the Chief Minister.
In this situation, Dharapuram police who went to her residence in Coimbatore have arrested Karthika, her husband, and 6 others belonging to the Naam Tamilar party.

Condemnation of the arrest of NTK’s Karthika
Naam Tamilar Katchi members are strongly condemning this arrest of Karthika, the Tharapuram by-election candidate. In this context, we spoke to Idumbavanam Karthick, a key office-bearer of Naam Tamilar Katchi, about the arrest. “This is the TVK government’s political vendetta. They have deliberately targeted and arrested her. Generally, during election time, they file cases, but they do not arrest.”
The Supreme Court has ruled that arrest is not mandatory when cases are filed under sections punishable by less than 12 years. Even if they have violated the law, if a case is filed, Naam Tamilar Katchi will face it legally and will not run away and hide. But this action has been taken with the sole intention of arresting and taking revenge.
They have deliberately caused harassment
They went and arrested him as early as 5 a.m. When arresting him, they did not give him any opportunity to cooperate; at the same time, without even allowing time to change clothes or at least get ready, and without even explaining why he was being arrested, they kept him moving around for more than 5 hours and only then took him to Dharapuram.
Does it take more than 5 hours to travel from Coimbatore to Dharapuram? If so, then this harassment has been carried out deliberately. There are many people here who should be arrested. In particular, because the Tamil Nadu government has not taken action in a case involving the smuggling of narcotics worth more than 100 crore rupees under the Tamil Nadu government’s rule, the Union government’s special force is coming in.

Extremely brutal fascist rampage
At a time when the Tamil Nadu government’s ineffectiveness has been laid bare, they are using this situation to divert attention and take revenge on the Naam Tamilar Katchi. This must be called nothing less than a very disgraceful fascist rampage.
They are acting in an anarchic manner, without even the minimum tolerance, democratic spirit, or maturity to accept differing opinions. There is no historical precedent for arresting those who have contested as candidates after an by-election. How can arrests be justified on the basis of an election-time case? It is being alleged that they staged a protest on the route the Chief Minister was to take during the final day of campaigning.
It exposes the false image
The final day of campaigning ends by 5 or 6 p.m. At that time, all parties will be campaigning. But under their rule, the permission granted to the AIADMK is canceled, and permission for Naam Tamilar Katchi’s campaign is denied. With permission denied, Karthika stands on the road and fights in a democratic manner.
Even if a case is filed against it, we are ready to face it; but there was no need to arrest him at all! This is being done solely to intimidate and suppress the Naam Tamilar Katchi. Because it is Naam Tamilar Katchi that has been continuously exposing their fake image and mask.

We will not be afraid
Because the DMK and AIADMK parties have been in power in the past, many things cannot be spoken about. But since the Naam Tamilar Katchi questions everything, this action is being taken targeting us. We strongly condemn this, and Naam Tamilar Katchi will respond forcefully. We will lead protests across the state.
We will enter the field with even greater vigor; we will not bow down or remain subdued. Even during the time when people stayed away out of fear of Jayalalithaa and Karunanidhi, we carried out politics by opposing them. In the 16 years that Naam Tamilar Katchi has come through, there has been no form of oppression we have not seen.
When the accident case was registered in Karur, one party itself was paralyzed; its leader stayed confined inside his house, and its general secretary even has a history of going into hiding. But the Naam Tamilar Katchi is not like that; this movement has been built by facing everything—cases, arrests, and imprisonment. So we will not fear any of this; from now on, we will work in the field with even greater vigor and tear apart their false image,” he said strongly in his condemnation.
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