Tamil Nadu chief minister O. Panneerselvam has decided to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday seeking an ordinance for conduct of the age-old sport. He appealed to the students to give up their protests even as IT sector employees and several more actors joined the chorus for allowing jallikattu. AIADMK general secretary Sasikala said, “We will move and adopt resolution in ensuing assembly session for removal of ban against jallikattu.”Analysts say that Jallikattu protests are a trigger to a lot of issues that have been a matter of concern. The agitation by students, voluntary groups of pro-Tamil outfits and farmers was well-attended with thousands thronging the venue including Chennai and Madurai. In view of the intensifying protests, Panneerselvam held a high-level meeting with top officials, including chief secretary Girija Vaidyanathan, DGP T.K.

Source: Mint January 18, 2017 09:09 UTC