Traffic on GST Road in the southern suburbs of Chennai was paralysed for over two hours on Tuesday morning, after PMK cadre blocked the road near Perungalathur when the police prevented them from entering the city for a demonstration seeking 20% reservation for Vanniyars in government jobs and higher education.
The Kollam-Chennai Express, coming from Thiruvananthapuram, was stoned and halted for over 10 minutes between Vandalur and Tambaram in Chennai. Traffic was also blocked for a while on the Chennai-Bengaluru Highway near Vellore and Sriperumbudur.
The Government Railway Police booked the cadre for rioting and causing damage to public property.
Later in the day, PMK youth-wing leader Anbumani Ramadoss, who addressed cadre on Anna Salai, met Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami, Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam and senior Ministers at the Secretariat. While the State government described it as a “courtesy meeting”, Mr. Anbumani told journalists that he reiterated his…