Legislators debated on which political party was responsible for ‘reviving’ the tradition of jallikattu in Tamil Nadu in the Assembly on Thursday.
AIADMK MLA S. Sekar representing Paramathivelur constituency began his speech on the Budgetary demands for Handloom Department by thanking his party leaders and referred to former Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam as ‘Jallikattu nayagan” (hero).
This did not go down well with the ruling party members. Subsequently, former School Education Minister K.A. Sengottaiyan said at a time when the State could not hold the sport, it was Mr. Panneerselvam who had made the efforts to get the permission to hold the event.
