Several people alleged that the X post was encouraging violence against the establishment, similar to the recent protests in Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Published Sep 30, 2025 | 10:07 AM ⚊ Updated Sep 30, 2025 | 10:21 AM
Aadhav Arjuna.
Synopsis: Social media is rife with the demand to arrest TVK General Secretary Aadhav Arjuna following his now-deleted X post regarding the stampede in Karur during party chief Vijay’s rally on 27 September. Several people alleged that the X post was encouraging violence against the establishment, similar to the recent protests in Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Social media is rife with the demand to arrest Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) General Secretary Aadhav Arjuna following his now-deleted X post regarding the stampede in Karur during party chief Vijay’s rally on 27 September.
Several people alleged that the X post was encouraging violence against the establishment, similar to the recent protests in Nepal and Sri Lanka.
In the now-deleted post in Tamil, Arjuna said: “If the police have become the servants of the ruling class, the only way to restore order is a youth revolution. Just as in Sri Lanka and Nepal, the youth and the Gen Z generation came together to create a revolution against authority, a youth uprising will occur here too. That uprising is going to be the foundation for regime change and the end of state terrorism.”
Arjuna reportedly edited the post minutes after posting it, removing the mention of Nepal and Sri Lanka, and later deleted it. But its screenshots have gone viral on social media, igniting criticism and demands for his arrest.
DMK Women’s Wing Social Media Coordinator Yazhini PM claimed that he has been repeatedly instigating youngsters, who have their whole life ahead of them, against the administration and the police.
In a post on X, she claimed that the stampede in Karur was willfully orchestrated by Arjuna and TVK chief Vijay. “Government must initiate draconian measures against the “Cyber Terrorist” Aadhav Arjuna immediately as possible,” she wrote on X.
“Just woke up to Aadhav Arjuna’s tweet, he’s openly inciting violence among youngsters. With such a massive following, using his platform to promote violence is dangerous,” another user wrote on X.
Later, Arjuna posted a condolence message on X. “These deaths are an irreparable loss for every affected family. My heart is not in a state to move past the loss and pain these families are enduring, as an ordinary human being would. I solemnly declare, as someone who understood the pain of death at a young age, that my life’s journey will be as a brother, a younger sibling, a son, and a relative carrying the dreams and hopes of those families. In this moment, when sorrow and grief alone envelop my heart, I share my thoughts as a relation to those who have faced these losses,” he wrote.
(Edited by Muhammed Fazil with inputs from Subash Chandra Bose.)
