CHENNAI: Normal life was affected in Tamil Nadu amid a shutdown called by opposition parties on Tuesday to press for immediate resolution of farmers' issues. DMK Working President M.K. Stalin and others were arrested.
Several DMK cadres, along with Stalin, protesting in Tiruvarur were detained by the police. DMK and other opposition parties were holding protest demonstrations in different parts of the state.
The majority of the hosiery units in Tirupur were shutdown. In Tiruvarur farmers were protesting on the railway tracks.
According to reports reaching here, shops in Puducherry were shutdown.
