Around 100 MDMK protesters were detained on Monday, after attempting to disrupt a television telecast of an interview of the Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa.
The protesters gathered outside the headquarters of the television channel "Daily Thanthi," alleging that the telecast was being used as a platform for the 'false propaganda' of Mahinda Rajapaksa.
One demonstrator speaking to the New Indian Express, added that the founder of the TV station, Adithanar, propagated the idea of Tamil Eelam in the 60's. "Providing publicity to Rajapaksa's lies was a betrayal of Adithanar's policy," he said.
The MDMK leader, Vaiko, issued a statement earlier on in the day, that condemned the telecast as a betrayal to Aithanar, who raised awareness to support the Eelam Tamils in Sri Lanka.
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