According to sources Makkal Neethi Maiam founder president Kamal Hassan condemned the detention of Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav near Tiruvannamalai when he was on his way to express solidarity with farmers protesting against the proposed Salem-Chennai Expressway project. Meanwhile Kamal Hassan called Yogendra Yadav 'brother' and said "a politician from a different state" had come to learn about the opinion of the farmers of our state".



Hassan said in a statement "This act is to be criticized and condemned, as it prevents opinions from being shared and is an act of dictatorship". Reports added that people should have the freedom to express their views without fear, the actor turned politician added. Recently the Swaraj Abhiyan leader tweeted that he was "manhandled" and pushed into a police van.

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He said "We came on the invitation of Movement Against 8Lane Way and we were prevented from going to meet farmers, phones were snatched, we were roughed up and pushed into the police van, firsthand experience of police state in TN”. Moreover Yadav said he had come here for fact finding on land acquisition when he was stopped from proceeding. Furthermore the project, a Central government initiative being implemented by the Tamilnadu government, aims to bring down the travel time between Salem and Chennai.

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