Dinesh jain
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In a brazen defiance of rule of law over 12,000
private schools in Tamil Nadu will shut their
gates tomorrow in support of their convicted
former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.
It may be recalled that a special court in
Bangalore had convicted and sentenced
Jayalalithaa and three others to four years
simple imprisonment in a disproportionate
assets case. The special judge Michael John D
Cunha had ruled on September 27 that all the
four had failed to substantiate their sources of
income for Rs 53.02 crores of wealth which
they all accumulated when Jayalalithaa was
Chief Minister during her first tenure from 1991
to 1996.
Immediately all the four were lodged in the
Parapanahara Agraharam Central Prison,
Bangalore. Their bail petitions are coming up
for hearing before a single judge of the
Karnataka High Court on October 7.
Ever since the judgement was delivered the
AIADMK cadres are undertaking protests
demanding immediate release of their leader.
For the first two days shops were shut and
vehicle traffic was affected at several places
in the state.
Throughout the state the AIADMK cadres were
sitting in fast at several places. Human chains
were conducted on September 4. For the past
one week sporadic protests were witnessed at
several places with suddenly buses being
stopped, shops forced to shut their doors, etc.
On September 5, Association of Private
Schools decided to shut their shops on
September 7, demanding the immediate
release of Amma. This decision has invited
the wrath of several sensibly thinking
people,including those from the academic
community.
Over 12,000 Tamil Nadu private schools to shut down in Jayalalithaa's support
private schools in Tamil Nadu will shut their
gates tomorrow in support of their convicted
former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.
It may be recalled that a special court in
Bangalore had convicted and sentenced
Jayalalithaa and three others to four years
simple imprisonment in a disproportionate
assets case. The special judge Michael John D
Cunha had ruled on September 27 that all the
four had failed to substantiate their sources of
income for Rs 53.02 crores of wealth which
they all accumulated when Jayalalithaa was
Chief Minister during her first tenure from 1991
to 1996.
Immediately all the four were lodged in the
Parapanahara Agraharam Central Prison,
Bangalore. Their bail petitions are coming up
for hearing before a single judge of the
Karnataka High Court on October 7.
Ever since the judgement was delivered the
AIADMK cadres are undertaking protests
demanding immediate release of their leader.
For the first two days shops were shut and
vehicle traffic was affected at several places
in the state.
Throughout the state the AIADMK cadres were
sitting in fast at several places. Human chains
were conducted on September 4. For the past
one week sporadic protests were witnessed at
several places with suddenly buses being
stopped, shops forced to shut their doors, etc.
On September 5, Association of Private
Schools decided to shut their shops on
September 7, demanding the immediate
release of Amma. This decision has invited
the wrath of several sensibly thinking
people,including those from the academic
community.
Over 12,000 Tamil Nadu private schools to shut down in Jayalalithaa's support
