Overview
- A short clip shows DMK Tenkasi south district secretary J. Jayabalan comparing Narendra Modi to Narakasura and saying Tamil Nadu would improve only if he is finished off.
- BJP state chief Nainar Nagendran shared the video on X and called the remarks utterly condemnable while urging immediate arrest.
- Police sources said they are examining the footage to see if sections for criminal intimidation or other offences are attracted.
- Jayabalan made the comments during a protest in Tenkasi against the Special Intensive Revision exercise, with MLA E. Raja and MP Rani Srikumar reported present.
- The DMK has not issued an official response, and the episode comes just before the Prime Minister’s scheduled visit to Coimbatore.