Political Arrests and Allegations in Tamil Nadu

I’m in my nightclothes, I’ll come just as I am. I’ll come just as I am.

I’m in my nightclothes, I’ll come just as I am.

Ma’am, what crime did I commit? What crime did I commit?

What crime did I commit?

Don’t look for Veththalappudai production being done here.

Look for any Veththalappudai production in Pazhayur.

Under clown Vijayan’s rule, those selling Veththalappudai and illicitly—

selling liquor openly in the market are fearless.

But they haven’t even said why they arrested Tharalamuruthu, the Naam Tamilar Party candidate,

for contesting the election. Look, I’m in my nightclothes, I’ll come just as I am.

I’ll come just as I am.

I’ll come just as I am. I’m in my nightclothes, I’ll come

just as I am.

At five in the morning, they came and arrested me, me, me, and my husband.

See if this is right.

You have handed over the government to clowns.

Fighters are standing in the street. Standing in the street.

Why, what crime did I commit? What crime did I commit?

What crime did I commit? On the final day, only the ruling party

is allowed

to campaign en masse?

Are they allowed? Wherever we go, if Vijay comes,

as a candidate, shouldn’t we

be allowed to ask for votes? Naam Tamilar Katchi has made farmers

into voters, shouldn’t we be allowed

to ask?

Police brutality. They say there’s pressure from the higher-ups.

What higher-ups? Your party members are sexually assaulting

women district secretaries. They are committing sexual

assault. They’re committing rape. Rape.

Don’t look for Vethalappudai production being done here.

Look for any Vethalappudai production in Pazhayur. Look in Pazhayur.

Look in Pazhayur.

You're committing corruption over electricity for 37 rupees. Do that. Do that.

Leaving that aside, what wrong did we do?

In the party election, I secured fourth place.

Fourth.

They're all lies.

We can't always support everything.

How can I, a candidate, even act illegally?

How can I? As a candidate, how can I act illegally here?

Can you speak?

How can this be done like this?

They say I spoke obscenely. There isn't even a single piece of evidence.

We didn't speak obscenely to the police. Look at the police, look, look, look.

Look at what the police have done. Look at what the police have done.

Look.

Look at what the police have done. They have arrested us.

It's all gone, it's completely gone.

Our party members, our party members everywhere, entirely—

In this place,

there are no such people. People with no connection to the election.

Look, look, look. Since morning,

since morning itself.

Since morning, since morning. Party members, the police.

The police are truly looking into such problems for the people.

We, Naam Tamilar,

the party that fights for the people,

being arrested

is very, very wrong.

We're doing this

genuinely. Genuinely,

we're doing it. People selling empty promises, people selling empty promises, the ruling party comes

the ruling party

comes and offers support,

all the usual false words.

All of it

is false

words.