The 2018 season of Indian Premier League (IPL) returned to Chennai after 3 years. There was excitement among the cricket community and fans. But pro-Tamil groups had planned protests against conducting IPL when people of Tamil Nadu wanted Cauvery Management Board (CMB) to be constituted by a reluctant central government.
This blog contains 16 photos from the agitation that took place in Chennai.
As a result of this protest, the home matches of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) were moved out of Chennai. It was a big blow for the fans who had already missed the team for 2 seasons due to a ban. IPL being pulled into politics was unfortunate and shameful.
Location : Chennai District, Tamil Nadu.
Photos shot in April 2018.
All photos © S Srikant.
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| Saravanan Hari, a popular fan of Chennai Super Kings, saying that he was assaulted by workers belonging to Naam Tamilar Katchi. Photo taken outside MA Chidambaram Stadium in Walajah Road in Chepauk, Chennai. |
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| Demonstrators holding what they claim to be the Tamil Nadu flag, in front of Triplicane police station, Chennai. |
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| Members of Tamil outfit Mukkulathor Pulipadai being taken away in police vehicle in Chennai. |
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| A man waves the "flag of Tamil Nadu" while being detained by police while another man displays it from a window. |
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| People holding "Tamil Nadu flag" and Naam Tamilar Katchi flag shout slogans against Indian Premier League in Walajah Road, Chennai. |
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| Demonstrators attempt to block Walajah Road to stop a police vehicle carrying their colleagues. |
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| A man gestures from a vehicle after courting arrest in Chennai. |
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| Members of Tamilnadu Kongu Ilaignar Peravai, led by their leader U Thaniyarasu (centre, in whites) demonstrate against IPL in Walajah Road, Chennai. |
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| Agitators getting detained. |
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| A police van gets ready to depart with arrested protestors in Chennai. |
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| A protestor addresses the media from the footboard of a police van. |
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| An agitator talks to the media against holding IPL matches in Chennai, before being detained by police. Photo taken at the intersection of Walajah Road and Anna Salai in Chennai. |
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| Protestors with the so-called flag of Tamil Nadu shout slogans atop and around Anna statue at the intersection of Walajah Road and Anna Salai in Chennai. |
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| A supporter of Chennai Super Kings (centre) getting hounded by cadres of Naam Tamilar Katchi in Anna Salai, Chennai, after he was forced to remove his team shirt. The shirt was set on fire. |
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| Portrait of Prime Minister Narendra Modi being burnt by agitators in Anna Salai, Chennai. The stick being used to burn the photo is actually a CSK flag seized from a fan. |
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| Riot police moves in to contain the agitators in Walajah Road, Chennai. |
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