The protests started on Monday morning in Alanganallur.Despite police disconnecting the power supply at Marina Beach, the protest continued with mobile phone lights in the night.DMK party's Working President and leader of the opposition in Tamil Nadu, M. K. Stalin, urged Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam to meet the protesters and take immediate action for holding the sport.The protesters got their boost with popular actor Vijay lending his support by saluting them. "Law was not created to rob people off their tradition and rights but to protect it. Jallikattu is every Tamilian's identity. Those who are protesting against the ban on Jallikattu are united by the feeling that they are Tamilians but not out of compulsion or political pressure. I bow down to each and everyone of them," Vijay said in a video message.

Source: Economic Times January 18, 2017 04:55 UTC