The Madras High Court on Wednesday, October 4, granted time till October 11 for AIADMK former MLA R. Kumaraguru to express his willingness or otherwise to conduct a public meeting at Mandaveli in Kallakurichi district to apologise to Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin for having used foul language against them in a public meet held at the same venue on September 19.
Justice G. Jayachandran said the former MLA could not seek anticipatory bail on the ground of having expressed regret on social media platforms such as X and Facebook for the remarks made by him against the Chief Minister and the Minister in a public meeting. The judge was of the view that it would make sense if the apology was also tendered in a similar forum and at the same venue.
Mr. Kumaraguru was a three time MLA who got elected once from Tirunavalur constituency in 2006 and twice from Ulundurpet constituency in 2011 and 2016. He had delivered a speech criticising the ruling dispensation in the public meet organised by his party last month. The language used by him against the Chief Minister and his son led to a police complaint by advocate C. Venkatachalam who is DMK’s Kallakurichi South union secretary.
