Condemning the arrests of the ladies wrestlers protesting in New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin on Sunday mentioned that the sengol, a sceptre given from Tamil Nadu’s mutt to Jawaharlal Nehru, put in within the new Parliament has “bent” on its inaugural day.

The agitating wrestlers led by Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, and Sakshi Malik, together with a number of others, are protesting in opposition to former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Singh, who can also be a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP, demanding his arrest for alleged sexual harassment of a number of girls grapplers, together with a minor.

“For several months, they have protested accusing a BJP member of sexual harassment, but the party leadership has taken no action,” Stalin mentioned in a press release.

“This (arrest) shows that the sceptre has been bent on the first day. Is it just that on the inauguration day, when you have already ignored the President, the opposition has boycotted you, and you indulge in such anarchy?”

The DMK-led secular progressive alliance in Tamil Nadu is among the many 19 events throughout India that boycotted the brand new Parliament constructing’s inauguration, stating that President Droupadi Murmu ought to have rightfully inaugurated it and never Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) chief K S Alagiri mentioned that Modi receiving the sengol (sceptre) from the state’s clergymen accompanied by Tamil hymns is a type of Tamil appeasement, however the Tamil voters would reject him.

“What good are you going to do for Tamils by displaying the sengol? They have allotted more than ₹1,000 crore for the development of Sanskrit, which no one speaks. But for seven crore people who speak Tamil, you have allotted less than ₹20 crore,” Alagiri advised a vernacular tv channel. “Their actions are different from what they say. It is political. But, no matter what they do, Tamil people will not accept them because people know that there is no relationship between them and the Tamils. BJP conducted the Kasi Tamil Sangam, but priests from Tamil Nadu were not included in it.”

Alagiri added that if the BJP-led union authorities had agreed with the opposition’s stance and allowed the President to inaugurate the brand new Parliament, the events would have attended.

BJP’s ally in Tamil Nadu, the AIADMK, mentioned that the “historic” sengol elucidates Tamil satisfaction, legacy and heritage.

“I express my gratitude on behalf of the people of Tamil Nadu,” AIADMK basic secretary and chief of the state’s opposition Edappadi Palaniswami mentioned in a letter to Modi. “I wish to convey my appreciation for constructing the parliament in a record time and also for installing the sceptre, during your tenure as Prime Minister of India.”

However, a senior chief from the AIADMK agreed with Congress’s allegation that this can be a type of Tamil appeasement.

“The BJP is trying to grow in Tamil Nadu, and there is nothing wrong with these actions. Every party has the right to develop their party,” the chief, not wishing to be named, mentioned.

“But, if they take one step forward to do something for Tamil Nadu, they end up taking several steps behind. See, do not support NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Exam), which the entire state is against. So it will be difficult for people to accept that.”