In Anna University Assault Case, DMK and AIADMK Trade Accusations

Published : Jan 11, 2025 21:29 IST - 10 MINS READ The sexual assault of a 19-year-old girl student on December 23, 2024, at Anna University, a premier educational institution in Tamil Nadu, has escalated into a major political controversy, with the State government facing intense criticism both for the incident and its handling of the events that followed. AIADMK campaign The Chief Minister broke his silence on the issue because of a unique campaign launched by the principal opposition party in the State, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, revolving around the question “Yaar Andha Saar?”. On the Anna University incident, he said: “If you have any evidence to support your ‘Yaar Andha Saar’ campaign, you should give it to the investigating agency.” He also told the AIADMK MLAs on January 8: “We can ask you a hundred such questions.” The AIADMK staged a walkout from the Assembly over what it termed the DMK’s reluctance to arrest the real culprits. A Raj Bhavan note said that Vijay sought the Governor’s intervention in the “severely deteriorating law and order situation in the State and serious threat to women’s safety, with the incident of sexual assault at Anna University campus being the latest demonstration of the situation”.