EPS, OPS arrested in city today

Former Chief minister Edappadi Palaniswami and former Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam were arrested today for protesting a decision of the State government to merge Dr. J. Jayalalithaa University in Villupuram with Annamalai University. They along with party MLAs staged a walkout and sat on dharna near Kalaivaanar Arangam.

Recently Higher Education Minister K Ponmudi said Annamalai University was 100 years old and merging other universities with it was a matter of pride. The government had nothing against Jayalalithaa University, he added.

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