BJP State President K Annamalai condemned the DMK-led Tamil Nadu government and the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association for disrespecting the Indian tricolour.
Badri Seshadri was booked under Indian Penal Code Sections 153 (provocation), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups) and 505 (public mischief).
Sirajuddin has also added that the reports by The Commune, which supported the Dikshitars and opposed the state government, was intended for stirring law and order issues and to create rumours against the government. The complaint by Sirajuddin was filed on June 29.
Senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani, who was representing the RSS, stated that without a very good cause, the freedom to assemble peacefully without weapons under Article 19(1)(b) cannot be restricted.