Disregarding the DMK ridiculing his mode of protest, the former IPS officer-turned politician flogged himself six times. As announced by him on Thursday, he carried out self-flagellation on his bare body, sporting only a green coloured dhoti.
BJP workers who had gathered there in large numbers raised slogans in praise of Lord Murugan: "Vettri Vel... Veera Vel" (Victory for the Spear, Vel of Valour - spear is the weapon of Murugan).
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